Scope of monitoring

Which products do we cover?

Electronics Watch monitors supply chains from mineral extraction to components through the final assembly and manufacturing of finished ICT equipment, batteries and low emission vehicles (LEVs).

In-scope ICT hardware:

  • Desktop computers, portable computers, work stations, tablets, and thin clients
  • Display screens and monitors
  • Input peripherals, including mouse, keyboard, joystick, and headsets
  • Scanners, printers, copiers, and combination units
  • Enterprise ICT including switches, routers, high performance computing (HPC), servers and storage systems
  • Smart phones and IP telephones

In-scope LEVs:

The corresponding EU Classification is listed as a reference in parentheses beside each vehicle type:

  • Passenger cars (M1)
  • Minibuses (M2)
  • Buses (M3)
  • Light commercial vehicles (N1)

Other vehicle types, including but not limited to street sweepers, drones, fire trucks, ambulances, scooters, large waste management vehicles, helicopters, e-bikes and scooters, are not considered in-scope in 2026. Electronics Watch reserves the right to re-evaluate the products considered in-scope on a rolling basis. Supply chain monitoring currently focuses on a subset of the strategic components of the in-scope vehicles. This includes battery assembly and manufacturing (including the battery pack, the battery cell, and the battery management system) and semiconductors used in battery management and in the drivetrain. Electronics Watch will continue to monitor select mineral supply chains relevant to both LEVs and ICT hardware.