EU Activates Metal Scrap Import, Export Surveillance System

The European Commission on July 23 activated its customs surveillance system to monitor the import and export of ferrous waste and scrap, aluminum and copper. The surveillance system was created as part of the EU's steel and metal action plan and is meant to ensure "sufficient access to scrap for the EU's metals industries." The system can provide the commission with information to "take targeted trade measures for ensuring a sufficient supply of scrap and preventing scarcity, thereby strengthening the resilience and sustainability of EU's metals industries," the commission said.