Second wave of strategic projects on the horizon – do the CRMA's permitting schedules have teeth?

With the European Commission's second selection round for Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, CRMA) officially closed, a new cohort of project developers is set to benefit from the CRMA's permitting privileges. But what do those privileges actually mean in practice—specifically, are the CRMA's pre-defined permitting schedules legally enforceable?... By: White & Case LLP