Integrating the European Trade Indexes Registry (EUTIR) with EU Strategic Project Recognition Frameworks

The document presents a strategic proposal for integrating the European Trade Indexes Registry (EUTIR) with the EU’s framework for recognizing critical raw material projects under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252. It advocates for EUTIR as a decentralized, interoperable digital infrastructure that enhances trust, authenticity, and traceability in cross-border trade. By anchoring metadata from key documents’such as permits, sustainability certifications, and off-take agreements’EUTIR ensures machine-readability, regulatory compliance, and real-time verification across systems like eFTI, Digital Product Passport (DPP), CBAM, and EU Customs Single Window. The proposal emphasizes reducing administrative burdens, preventing fraud, enabling AI/ML-driven oversight, and supporting the EU’s green and digital transition. It calls for legislative updates to embed EUTIR as the central trust anchor in EU digital trade ecosystems, fostering competitiveness, sustainability, and global leadership.