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Ref. Ares(2019)2457395 - 08/04/2019
From:
Art.4.1(b)
To:
CAB CECILIA MALMSTROM CONTACT; BILLAUX Cecile (CAB-MALMSTROM); 
Art.4.1(b)
Subject:
EU Citizens ask you to stand up in favor of ambitious and mandatory regulation on Conflict Minerals
Date:
mercredi 16 mars 2016 18:15:04
Attachments:
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Dear Ms Malmström, Ms Billaux and Art.4.1(b)
I have the pleasure of informing you that up-to-date more than 900 citizens have signed our petition demanding you to stand up in favor of an ambitious regulation
on « conflict minerals ». Please find below the email these citizens addressed you.
Subject: Stand up in favor of an ambitious regulation on « conflict minerals »
Dear Madam, Dear Sir, 
The “conflict minerals” regulation is currently being negotiated between the European Parliament, the European Commission and the 28 EU Member
States. The stated objective is to break the links between natural resources and conflicts, as is the case in the east of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo but also in Myanmar or Colombia. Confronted today with violence and abuses by armed groups, it is the local populations that are paying the
price for the exploitation of certain natural resources. 

While I welcome this initiative from the European Union, I am concerned about the position adopted by the Council on 17 December 2015, in which EU
Member States only propose a voluntary opt-in system that ignores the vast majority of minerals entering the EU market within finished or semi-finished
products. As a citizen, I am deeply worried that the products I buy might hide a story of suffering; I therefore want to ask for a legislation that ensures
that the products I use daily do not fuel violence and abuses. I demand a legislation that put at its core the ethical dimension of production and trade. 

For the legislation to truly contribute to breaking the links between natural resources and conflicts, I call on you to:
1.  Show leadership on this issue by supporting mandatory due diligence requirements along the entire supply chain.
2.  Support a Regulation that aligns with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance on Conflict Minerals, by:
Ensuring that all due diligence obligations are consistent with the OECD standards
Engaging companies downstream of metal importers, in particular companies that place products containing covered minerals on the EU
market
Including language that reflects the flexible and progressive nature of due diligence.

As a European citizen, I ask you to promote the adoption of an effective regulation that will truly contribute to putting an end to conflicts, and I am sure I
can count on you for this. 

Kind regards,
Below you will find an overview of media referring to this new campaign.
Belgium
https://www.kerknet.be/kerknet-redactie/nieuws/nood-aan-bindend-europees-plan-voor-conflictmineralen
The Netherlands
http://www.wereldarmoededag.nl/1659470215.html
Italy
http://www.unimondo.org/Notizie/Minerali-dei-conflitti-e-ora-di-tutelare-i-diritti-umani-155232
France
http://www.newspress.fr/communique 294972 3721 RSS-EN-NP-0.aspx?utm source=twitterfeed&utm medium=twitter
http://business-humanrights org/en/civil-society-coalition-calls-on-eu-govts-to-support-mandatory-due-diligence-regulation-on-conflict-
International
minerals#c133868
Europe
http://europeanstudentthinktank com/2016/03/08/petition-on-conflictminerals-for-eu-politians/
Germany
http://oenz.de/aktuelles/online-aktion-stoppt-konfliktmineralien
http://www amicideipopoli org/web/index.php?
Italy
mact=News cntnt01 detail 0&cntnt01articleid=162&cntnt01origid=15&cntnt01dateformat=%25d%2F%25m%2F%25Y&cntnt01returnid=86
Italy
http://www focsiv it/news/una-nuova-campagna-per-fermare-i-minerali-dei-conflitti/
Austria
https://www.erzdioezese-wien at/site/home/nachrichten/article/49207.html
Italy
http://www earthday.it/Territorio/Minerali-provenienti-da-aree-di-conflitto.-Una-petizione-per-tenere-alta-l-attenzione
The Netherlands
https://www.cordaid.org/en/news/eu-must-come-strong-regulation-against-conflict-minerals/
Kind regards,
Art.4.1(b)
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