The EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) is now set to enter into application on 30 December 2026 for all medium and large operators and on 30 June 2027 for micro and small operators, after the second implementation delay was adopted at the end of 2025. In an unprecedent case, the European Commission proposed the second implementation
The last attempt of the European Commission to simplify the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) comes closer to becoming a reality today, although not quite as was initially planned. The European Parliament adopted today its position on the proposal, endorsing a broad 12 month delay of the EUDR (i.e. 30 December 2026) – as opposed to
On 21 October 2025, the European Commission officially published a Proposal to amend the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), as part of its broader simplification efforts. While the core timeline remains unchanged for most businesses, the proposal introduces targeted adjustments that could affect compliance strategies across the supply chain.
Contrary to
On 23 September 2025, European Commissioner for the Environment, Jessika Roswall, announced that the European Commission is considering a one-year delay to the entry into application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) 2023/1115 (EUDR), currently scheduled for 30 December 2025 for large and medium companies, and 30 June 2026 for small and micro-operators.
A formal
On 15 April 2025, the European Commission issued a series of documents with a view to simplifying and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products (‘EUDR’).
In line with the broader simplification trend that marks the beginning of the second Von der Leyen Commission, the documents bring about an easing in reporting requirements as well
After weeks of uncertainty on the possibility to secure a 1-year implementation delay, the EU Deforestation Regulation (‘EUDR’) passed the first hurdle before its formal approval, as interinstitutional (‘trilogue’) negotiations were concluded on 3 December. Co-legislators agreed to delay the application of the Regulation by a year (i.e. 30 December 2025). The agreement contained
On 10 October 2024, the European Parliament’s (EP) Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) fast-tracked the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to amend the implementation timeline for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), under the urgent procedure. The EC proposal would postpone the EUDR’s entry into force by one year until 30 December 2025.
The
On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) published four long awaited documents relating to the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
Importantly, the EC has introduced a legislative proposal to amend the EUDR’s implementation timeline. The EUDR in its current version foresees an implementation starting 30 December 2024. If adopted by
The EU’s Deforestation-free Regulation, (EUDR) has been in force since 29 June 2023 and will apply from 30 December 2024, when an array of new obligations will affect the supply chains of commodities and products in scope.
The EUDR’s overarching goal is to mitigate the impact of deforestation and forest degradation, with the aim to