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DRC - Ministerial Decree on the Implementation of the ICGLR Regional Certification Mechanism
This Ministerial Order (No. 0057/CAB.MIN/MINES/01/2012) implements the Regional Certification Mechanism (RCM) of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in national law.
What You Need to Know
Date of Adoption: 29-Feb-2012
Purpose: Transposes the ICGLR Regional Certification Mechanism into DRC law and makes OECD mineral due diligence mandatory.
Key Provisions:
- Traceability of the chain of custody under the ICGLR manual and the OECD Guidance.
- Every chain-of-custody actor must conduct due diligence and integrate the OECD Guidance into its management system, to ensure it does not contribute to armed conflicts or human rights violations in the DRC.
- Third-party audits of the chain of custody against OECD Annexes I-III as well as the ICGLR Regional Certification Mechanism.
- Precise scope: gold, coltan, wolframite, cassiterite.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reviewed on October 21, 2026 by
Henri Cuin
EIT RawMaterials
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