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Art. 10 Supply chain policy on minerals and metals
(Art. 964k para. 1 no 1 CO) 1 The undertaking shall establish a supply chain policy on minerals and metals that meets the following requirements: a. The undertaking shall ensure that it complies with the due diligence obligations in its supply chains when sourcing minerals and metals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. b. It shall provide its suppliers and the public with up-to-date information on its supply chain policy and include its supply chain policy in contracts and agreements with suppliers. c. It shall ensure that concerns about minerals and metals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas can be reported in its supply chain. d. It shall identify and assess the risks of adverse impacts of minerals and metals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas in the supply chain, take appropriate measures to avert or mitigate such impacts, evaluate the results of the measures and communicate these results. 2 The supply chain policy shall specify the ins
Art. 11 Supply chain policy on child labour
(Art. 964 k para. 1 no 2 CO) 1 The undertaking shall establish a supply chain policy on child labour that meets the following requirements: a. The undertaking shall ensure that it complies with the due diligence obligations in its supply chains when offering products or services that it has reasonable grounds to suspect have been produced or provided using child labour. b. It shall provide its suppliers and the public with up-to-date information on its supply chain policy and include its supply chain policy in contracts and agreements with suppliers. c. It shall ensure that concerns about child labour in its supply chain can be reported. d. It shall follow up on specific indications of child labour, take appropriate measures to avert or mitigate negative effects, evaluate the results of the measures and communicate these results. 2 The supply chain policy shall specify the instruments that the undertaking uses to identify, assess, eliminate or mitigate the risks of potential cases of c
Art. 12 Supply chain traceability system for minerals and metals
(Art. 964k para. 1 no 3 CO) 1 The undertaking shall establish a supply chain traceability system that includes and documents the following information for each mineral and metal originating from conflict-affected and high risk areas: a. a description of the mineral or metal, including its trade name; b. the supplier's name and address; c. the country of origin of the mineral; d. for metals, the names and addresses of the smelters and refineries in the supply chain; e. for minerals, if available: the mining volume or weight and the mining date; f. for minerals originating from conflict-affected or high risk areas or for which the undertaking has identified other supply chain risks listed in the regulations pursuant to Annex 2 Part A Number 1: additional information according to the specific supply chain recommendations mentioned in the regulations, such as the mine from which mineral originates, the places where the mineral is aggregated, traded and processed with other minerals, and th
Art. 13 Supply chain traceability system in relation to child labour
(Art. 964k para. 1 no 3 CO) The undertaking shall establish a supply chain traceability system that includes and documents the following information for each product or service for which there are reasonable grounds to suspect child labour: a. a description of the product or service and, if one exists, the trade name; b. the names and addresses of the supplier and the production sites or the service provider for the undertaking.
Art. 14 Reporting procedure
(Art. 964k para. 2 CO) 1 The undertaking shall establish, as an early warning mechanism for risk identification, a reporting procedure that allows all interested parties to raise reasonable concerns about the existence of a potential or actual adverse impact related to minerals and metals from conflict-affected or high-risk areas or child labour. 2 The reports shall be documented.
Art. 15 Risk management
(Art. 964k para. 2 CO) 1 Undertakings shall identify risks in the supply chain and assess them in their risk management plan according to the likelihood of occurrence and severity of adverse impacts. In doing so, they shall be guided by the regulations in Annex 2. 2 Identified risks in the supply chain shall be eliminated, prevented or minimised according to their likelihood of occurrence and the severity of the adverse impacts. The undertaking shall regularly review the effectiveness of the measures taken for this purpose.
Art. 16 Audit in relation to minerals and metals
(Art. 964k para. 3 CO) 1 An audit in relation to minerals and metals shall be carried out annually in a report to the supreme management and governing body by an audit firm that is licensed by the Federal Audit Oversight Authority as an audit expert in accordance with the Audit Oversight Act of 16 December 2005. 2 The audit firm shall examine whether there are circumstances from which it may be concluded that due diligence pursuant to Article 964k paragraphs 1 and 2 CO has not been complied with. 3 Article 728 CO on the independence of the auditors shall apply by analogy.
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