[{"bbox": [86, 152, 368, 181], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.2 Indicative Activities"}, {"bbox": [97, 200, 416, 227], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Activities relating to Output 1.1:"}, {"bbox": [134, 227, 1078, 252], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Collect and categorize figures of China's investments in critical raw materials and related activities"}, {"bbox": [134, 253, 998, 279], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Identification of and contact with relevant EU Delegations in third countries for data input"}, {"bbox": [134, 280, 846, 306], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Study visits to relevant third countries for \"on the ground\" data collection"}, {"bbox": [134, 307, 1050, 333], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Creation of a user-friendly observatory (in excel) in the format of a database (excel spreadsheet)"}, {"bbox": [97, 359, 416, 386], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Activities relating to Output 2.1:"}, {"bbox": [134, 386, 1133, 438], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Conduct a desk review of publicly available information including papers, articles, studies, analysis by third parties"}, {"bbox": [134, 439, 984, 465], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Create a searchable repository of relevant materials (available for internal EU use only¹²)"}, {"bbox": [134, 466, 1133, 518], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Link database figures on investment flows and stocks, downstream processing of such raw materials, etc., to data sources in the repository of materials"}, {"bbox": [97, 544, 416, 571], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Activities relating to Output 2.2:"}, {"bbox": [134, 571, 939, 597], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Produce factual and analytical quarterly reports assessing most recent developments"}, {"bbox": [134, 598, 1133, 675], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Prepare annual reports summarising and analysing trends in China's global activities in critical raw materials, including forecasts for the next year as well as policy recommendations to the EU and the Member States"}, {"bbox": [134, 676, 1133, 730], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Organise annual presentations to EU stakeholders in Brussels (e.g. European Commission, EEAS, Member States), EU Delegation and Member States in Beijing"}, {"bbox": [134, 731, 1133, 809], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Provide technical expertise, ad-hoc consulting and advisory services, and other types of services and respond to ad-hoc requests on China's activities in the field of critical raw materials (i.e. punctual calls, short analyses)"}, {"bbox": [134, 810, 1133, 863], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Report on an ad-hoc basis on specific issues, e.g. on China's global investments and operations/activities related to deep-sea mining, China's overseas investments in specific minerals or countries"}, {"bbox": [86, 903, 313, 934], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.3 Mainstreaming"}, {"bbox": [97, 994, 543, 1021], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Environmental Protection & Climate Change"}, {"bbox": [97, 1021, 1133, 1125], "category": "Text", "text": "Critical raw materials will be at the centre of decarbonisation efforts and will be critical to realise the European Green Deal and clean energy transition. Creating an observatory on Chinese overseas investments in critical raw materials, will provide the EU with important information and advise for policy-making with respect to the green transition."}, {"bbox": [97, 1154, 408, 1181], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Outcomes of the SEA screening"}, {"bbox": [97, 1181, 433, 1208], "category": "Text", "text": "This is not applicable for this action."}, {"bbox": [97, 1234, 763, 1261], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Outcomes of the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) screening"}, {"bbox": [97, 1261, 1099, 1312], "category": "Text", "text": "The EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) screening classified the action as Category C (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1339, 669, 1366], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Outcome of the CRA (Climate Risk Assessment) screening"}, {"bbox": [97, 1366, 1113, 1419], "category": "Text", "text": "The Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) screening concluded that this action is no or low risk (no need for further assessment)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1445, 638, 1472], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls"}, {"bbox": [97, 1472, 1128, 1553], "category": "Text", "text": "As per the OECD Gender DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this action is labelled as G0. This implies that the action has been screened against the marker but has not been found to target gender equality either as principal or significant objective."}, {"bbox": [86, 1620, 575, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹² In principle, relevant EU bodies and EU Member States."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 17"}]