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Jozef SkeIa Minister of ndustry and Trade Prague June 2022 No. MPO 54862/22/31400/01000 Dear Minister, let me inform you that we are preparing a European-wide conference on “Raw Materiais Security of Europe” to be held under the Czech EU Presidency, with a focus on proposing concrete steps to strengthen the EU’s raw materiais security. It is my pleasure to cordially invite you to attend this event. The conference wiII be attended not only by senior representatives of the Member States with responsibility for the raw materiais, minerais and mining industry, but also by senior representatives of the EU’s neighbouring countries (Norway, United Kingdom of Great Britain, Island, Aibania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine) whose mineral and raw materiais potential offers a chance for a real strengthening of the EU’s raw materiais security. High representatives of the EC Vice-president of the EC Mr Maro eRovi and Commissioner for Internal Market Mr Tierry Breton confirmed their participation at the conference. On the Czech side the CEOs of the two upcoming projects for the exploitation of critical raw materiais, i.e. the extraction of pure manganese in Chvaletice and the extraction of Iithium in Cnovec, wiII also partake to present their projects. The conference wiII take place j2th September 2022 in Prague. Qfl l3 September 2022, the conference wiII be followed by an optional accompanying program, which wiII4ned KOM U(ATSOONtMN1StEER(UM 15, 07. 2022 ÄLI Czech Republic MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE The Country OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC ForTheFuture in accordance with the interests of individual participants, and wiII also include an excursion to one of the three top raw material producer’s plants, where Czech minerais are sophisticatedly extracted and further processed. 1 have entrusted the organisation of the conference to Mr Pavel Kavina, Director of the State Mineral Policy Department, e-mail: [email protected], co: [email protected]. Enclosed please find the draft programme of the conference. 1 would like to ask you, Dear Minister, to kindly confirm your participation by 30th July this year. Yours sincerely, Mr Taavi Aas Minister Ministry of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Rahukohtu St 3 15161, Tallinn Estonia > — Czech blic MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC ‘ The Country For The Future 2  0 EU2O22OCZ 4 Ch PrSeoy of MINISTRY OF INDUSIRY AND TRADE Raw Materiais Security of Europe — draft Hybrid, streamed pan-European conference within CZ PRES The aim of the officiai Presidency conference is a discussion among high-levei representatives of EU member states + 8 cooperating/neighbouring countries or potential member states (Norway, United Kingdom of Great Britain, lsiand, Aibania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine) on the future direction of European raw materiais poiicy in the fieid of raw materiais and especiaiiy criticai minerais. Our goal is to moderate a discussion on how to strengthen the raw materiais security and self-sufficiency of the EU, resp. the whoie continent. The EU’s approach to criticai raw materiais was most recentiy articulated in the Criticai Raw Materiais Action Pian 2020. The Action Pian expands the iist of critical raw materiais and aiso covers the issue of raw materiai security. The conference shouid aiso address some of the topics covered in the iatest report of the European Pariiament focusing on raw materiais, e.g. European strategy reserves. Date: 12th September 2022 from 10.00 15.00 - Arrival of participants on Sunday 11th September 2022 or Monday 12th September 2022. Departure of participants on Monday 12th September 2022 or 13th September 2022 or 14th September 2022 (depending on participation in the accompanying programme). Venue: the premises of KCP Vyehrad https://www.praguecc.cz/en/homepage Number of persons: 80 physicaHy O 2 Commissioners (Mr Thierry Breton, Mr Maro efovi) confirmed - O 27 EU member countries -2 persons per country, representative of the partner ministry responsibie for the country’s nationai raw materiais strategy the position of participants from different - countries wiii vary depending on the structure of their ministries + 1 director of the nationai geoiogicai service) O + 8 cooperating countries Norway, United of Kingdom of Great Britain, Isiand, Aibania, Bosnia and — Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine), O Representatives of the European Commission O 2 —3 CEOs of major European producers O Czech Ministry of Environment O Representatives of industry associations, EUROMINES. Communication language: English Programme: 1. Welcome address by the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade — H.E. Mr iozef Sikela 2. Presentations by individual participants from EU countries (7 minutes each) on the topic “Opportunities to strengthen the continent’s raw materiai security/ no further industrial development of EU Member States without raw materiais suppiies” 3. Topics / Conference blocks: O Strengthening the continent’s resource seif-sufflciency the need for geologicai expioration of the - deeper parts of the Earth’s crust  O The role of European and national raw material reserves in ensuring the raw material security of EU Member States Ensuring a sufficient supply of skilled workers for the European raw materiais industry best practices - Filed trip programme (optional): 13th September 2022 8.00 18,00 this accompanying programme wiII be - — - arranged according to the interest of individual participants. Excursions to one of three top raw material producer’s plants where Czech minerais are sophisticatedly extracted and further processed.