Europe activated the institutional mechanism to postpone the "anti-deforestation" law once again
The EU-27 Council began working with the aim of simplifying the application of the regulations and postponing their entry into force so that operators, traders and authorities can prepare adequately.
“Following concerns raised by Member States (of the EU-27) and stakeholders regarding the preparedness of businesses and administrations, as well as technical issues related to the new information system, the Council supports the specific simplification of the due diligence process proposed by the Commission,” the body said in an official statement.
"Likewise, the Council is pushing for a uniform one-year postponement for the application of the regulation to all operators, until December 30, 2026, with an additional six-month extension for micro and small businesses", he added.
The Council also instructed the European Commission to carry out a simplification review by 30 April 2026 to assess the impact of EU Regulation 17 on operators, particularly small and micro-operators. Where appropriate, this review should be accompanied by a legislative proposal.
Based on this mandate, the Council will begin negotiations with the European Parliament in order to reach a final agreement in the coming weeks and before the current regulation 1115 (known as EUDR) becomes applicable from 30 December 2025.
EU-27 regulation 1115 stipulates that agro-industrial products from areas that have been deforested after December 31, 2020, may not enter its territory. The goods covered by the measure are palm oil, beef, soy, coffee, cocoa, wood, charcoal and rubber, as well as products derived from them.
European companies importing such products will only be able to bring them into the EU if the supplier has issued a due diligence declaration confirming that the product does not originate from deforested land. In practice, the new European legislation requires supplier nations to implement a traceability system with georeferenced information on the production units where the exported products were manufactured.
The main provisions of Regulation 1115 were initially scheduled to apply from 30 December 2024, but following concerns raised by the EU-27 Member States and third countries, an initial one-year postponement was adopted in December 2024. A further postponement of the measure's implementation is now being considered.
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