An ambitious anti-deforestation law in the EU could be delayed for at least a year following pressure from foreign governments and producers, who said they were struggling to meet upcoming deadlines for the new trade regulation. The EU deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) was scheduled to go into force on January 1, requiring exporters to prove […]

  • The EU parliament and council is considering a 12-month delay to its deforestation-free products regulation, which will require exporters to prove that beef, soy, rubber and other harmful commodities aren’t sourced to deforested land.

  • The law was supposed to go into effect January 1, 2025, but faced mounting pressure from exporting countries and the industrial agricultural sector.

  • @Subtracty
    1•5 hours ago

    requiring exporters of cocoa, cattle, rubber, soy, wood, palm oil and coffee to demonstrate their products don’t come from land deforested after December 31, 2020

    I was wondering when they would draw the line to distinguish the end of deforestation being ‘acceptable’. Although, I guess it is all a wash if they cannot pass the regulation.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•5 hours ago

      The EUDR entered into force the middle of last year but allowed an 18-month transition period that was originally scheduled to end in 2025,

      So the regulation has already passed, but:

      But less than a week after the WTO meeting, the EU introduced a legislative proposal that, if approved, would move back the deadline one year for large companies and 18 months for small ones. That means industrial agricultural producers would have until December 2025 to prepare for the law and small producers would have until June 30, 2026.

      There are a lot of groups hating this law, as the EU is a large market.