The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/429 of 11 January 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the methodology and criteria for the assessment and recognition of supply chain due diligence schemes concerning tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold has been published on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ L 75/59 of 19/03/2019).
The Commission Delegated Regulation sets out methodology and criteria for the assessment and recognition of supply chain due diligence schemes concerning tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, in line with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, as already required by Recital (14) of Regulation (EU) 2017/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 laying down supply chain due diligence obligations for Union importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas (OJ L 130 of 19/05/2017).
Regulation (EU) 2017/821, which sets out due diligence obligations for Union importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold, will apply from 1 January 2021.