US EditionEU proposes to trim anti-deforestation rules to ease rollout
The law delays enforcement for larger firms until mid-2026 and reduces reporting for smallholders to ease trade tensions with major commodity exporters, the Commission said.
- On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed easing reporting burdens for the EU anti-deforestation law but set implementation for December 30, 2025, with larger businesses given six months before full checks.
- Originally slated to take effect at the end of 2024, the EU anti-deforestation law was delayed by a year last December and postponed again in September amid pushback from industries and some governments.
- Sellers of beef, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soy and wood must provide a due-diligence statement, while EU companies can pass on importer statements and smallholders in low-risk countries register once.
- Enforcement will apply from June 30, 2026 when checks for larger companies begin, while smaller companies with no more than 50 employees must declare from December 30, 2026 pending approval by EU governments and the European Parliament.
- Trade partners such as Brazil, Indonesia and the United States say the rules would be costly and hurt their exports to Europe, while the tweak excludes standard-risk countries like Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia.
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