Checks on trade in conflict minerals

brussels - European companies to be obliged to import minerals known where the raw materials come from. That should prevent violations of the trade in tin or gold for example, conflicts are financed or human rights.

Member States, European Parliament and the European Commission have agreed on here and go work out the details in the coming months.

Minister Lilianne Ploumen (International Trade) took,, very, very happy '' with the result. According to her, this approach stops the funding of warlords and their hold on precious minerals and metals,, This will have a huge impact in conflict regions and gives a voice to the people in those areas and to consumers who want to do good. ''
  
    
     
      
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The inspection requirement does not apply to intermediate goods, while many raw materials or the EU income as components for mobile phones, laptops, jewelry or cars. Partly for this reason Amnesty International calls accord,, half-hearted '. Companies importing minerals from their products are unaffected, said the human rights organization.,, This law will change too much. ''

The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations and aid agencies ActionAid and Cordaid called the agreement,, an aqueous compromise '.,, Consumers can still not at the telecom shop or car dealer with questions about the origin of the minerals in their products and whether they have been properly recovered. '

GroenLinks MEP Judith Sargentini,, spoke of a historic step. '',, For the first time the EU requires companies to check whether the raw materials they import financing example from Congo or Colombia not a violent rebel or child. '' She hopes that in the future raw materials such as coal and cobalt will fall under the law.
  
  
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Also D66 MEP Marietje Schaake is satisfied with this,, big step in the right direction. '',, Big importers of the products in gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum must now required to check whether their products are conflict free. ''