The European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy has
published a draft report dated 17 March 2026 on proposed changes to Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, the Critical Raw Materials Act. For the cooling and heat pump sector, the text matters because cooling generators and heat pumps are among the product categories covered by the permanent-magnet provisions in Article 28 and Article 29.
Under the draft, cooling generators, heat pumps and other relevant products containing permanent magnets would fall under product information requirements set out in Article 28. The amendment also broadens the wording beyond the listed product groups to include “any other relevant product which contains permanent magnets”.
For products covered by Article 28(1) that incorporate one or more permanent magnets and where the total weight of those magnets exceeds 0.2 kg, companies would have to publish on a free-access website the share of neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium, terbium, boron, samarium, nickel and cobalt recovered from manufacturing and post-consumer waste, including waste produced within the Union. The draft says this disclosure would apply by 24 May 2027 or two years from the entry into force of the delegated act, whichever is later.
The report also introduces a definition of “manufacturing waste” as materials or objects rejected during the manufacturing process, such as regrind material or scrap, that cannot be re-used as an integral part of the same process and need to be recycled. It says the Commission should adopt rules for the calculation and verification of recycled-content shares within three months from the entry into force of the amending regulation.
In its explanatory statement, the draft says the amendments are intended to strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy, improve the resilience of critical raw materials supply chains and support a circular European industrial base. It also refers to a recent European Court of Auditors report that highlighted vulnerabilities in critical raw materials supply, gaps in post-consumer waste collection and recycling, and a lack of dedicated funding.
