A CRMA component term for magnets that retain magnetism without an external field, relevant to strategic technologies and critical raw-material demand.
Permanent magnets make raw-material policy visible inside actual products and equipment. They can connect wind turbines, motors, electronics, or other equipment to material demand and recovery obligations, but the magnet should not be confused with the raw materials inside it.
The EU Critical Raw Materials Act uses permanent-magnet language in a strategic-material context. The component boundary should remain separate from material-list status, product category, and recycling process evidence.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from an external magnetic field
CRMA Article 2 source-specific definition layer.
Reference: Article 2, point 53
Reviewed public draft page. Aligns with CRMA raw-material priority policy: source-bound category boundaries, concrete implementation objects, and evidence-focused commentary.
Implementation records should capture component identifier, magnet type, contained materials, product or equipment link, supplier, location in product, mass or material-content estimate, recovery/removal record where relevant, and links to critical or strategic material classifications.
Permanent magnet is a component evidence point that connects product design to material demand and recovery. Keeping component identity linked to contained materials prevents teams from turning a magnet record into an unsupported raw-material classification.