Further information on Conflict Minerals:

• on the Dodd-Frank Act: http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/dodd-frank.shtml
• on the original legal text: http://www.sec.gov/about/laws/wallstreetreform-cpa.pdf
• on the relevant paragraph of the Act:
  http://www.dodd-frank-act.us/Dodd_Frank_Act_Text_Section_1502.html
• on th EU regulation valid from january 2021
• on the definition of the need for conflict minerals for functional requirements or manufacture of a product: http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2012/34-67716.pdf
• general information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_minerals
• on the SEC rules: http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2012/2012-163.htm
• the excel tool Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) to report on "Conflict Minerals": http://www.conflictfreesmelter.org