A CRMA supply-resilience term for raw material stored by a public or private operator for release during a supply disruption.
Strategic stock is a resilience reserve, not ordinary inventory. The evidence question is whether the stock is governed for disruption release and linked to material identity, location, operator responsibility, and supply-risk planning.
This page is anchored in CRMA Article 2, point 28. The definition focuses on a quantity of a particular raw material, in whichever form, stored by a public or private operator with a view to releasing it in the event of a supply disruption; it is not ordinary inventory.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
a quantity of a particular raw material in whichever form that is stored by a public or private operator with a view to releasing it in the event of a supply disruption
CRMA Article 2 source-specific definition layer.
Reference: Article 2, point 28
Reviewed public draft page. Aligns with CRMA capacity/supply-chain policy: separates extraction, processing, recycling, demand baselines, material flows, exploration stages, and strategic-stock evidence.
Implementation records should capture stock identifier, material type, quantity record, availability status, storage location, operator, release condition, ownership/control, quality/specification record, date, and supply-risk scenario.
Strategic stock is the resilience-inventory control for CRMA evidence. It should connect material identity, quantity, location, operator, release conditions, and risk scenarios so stored material is not mistaken for routine warehouse inventory or commercial stock.