The Commission has designated 46 new strategic projects (second list, 9/10/2026), 19 of them in recycling. This case shows where they are and how it links to the Italian photovoltaic case.
5 public signals. Verified: 5 · Pending: 0 (checked on 2026-10-19).
Segona llista de projectes estratègics (Llei de matèries primeres crítiques) · European Union
9 October 2026: 46 new strategic projects in 16 Member States, chosen from 102 applications: 8 extraction, 11 processing, 19 recycling and 8 integrated. The Commission announces a new call towards the end of 2026. The release does not specify what funding each new project receives.
9PV-up (reciclatge de panells fotovoltaics: alumini, coure, silici) · Italy
Included in the official annex as a recycling project. Links to the photovoltaic recycling case in Italy.
CRM4Defence (subproductes i reciclatge de matèries crítiques per a defensa) · Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, France
Recycling project in the official annex: aluminium, magnesium and titanium.
REW-ITA green HUB (recuperació de tungstè) · Italy
Recycling project in the official annex: copper, cobalt and tungsten.
On són els 19 projectes de reciclatge · European Union
By country (the CRM4Defence project counts in each of its 4 countries): Netherlands 4, Germany 3, Italy 3, Poland 3, Greece 2, France 2, and 1 each in Belgium, Romania, Slovakia, Lithuania and the United Kingdom. According to our reading of the annex, none of the 19 is in Spain or Portugal.