The European Commission will push back the EU’s anti-deforestation law once again, delaying rules that were already postponed from 2024 to this December, according to the centre-right EPP group.
In her letter, EU Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall notified the European Parliament’s Environment Committee chair, Antonio Decaro, and the Danish Presidency, of her intention to delay the rules by one year.
The EU’s anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR) would force importers of palm oil, coffee, cocoa, cattle, timber and rubber to demonstrate that these have not been produced on deforested land in order to be sold on the bloc’s market.
Roswall pointed to concerns over the functioning of the IT platform managing compliance data, which could create “uncertainty for authorities and operational difficulties for stakeholders”. “In view of this, the Commission is considering a postponement of the entry into application of the EUDR, currently foreseen for 30 December 2025, for one year,” she added.
For the letter of Jessika Roswall, please see here.
Source: EURACTIV