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.
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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