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 supply-resilience concept. It describes raw material intentionally stored so it can be released during a supply disruption, rather than ordinary inventory held for routine production, logistics or sales.
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
Use strategic stock when classifying evidence about emergency or resilience-oriented raw-material reserves. It helps distinguish disruption-release planning from normal stock management, procurement contracts, annual consumption figures and product-level material content.
Strategic-stock records can look like inventory records, but their purpose is different. For Minespider-style systems, the key evidence question is whether the stored material is governed as a disruption-release reserve and how it connects to material identity, location, operator responsibility and supply-risk planning.