US EditionArgentina Objects to EU's Deforestation “Standard” Risk Rating
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einnews.comArgentina objects to EU's deforestation “standard” risk rating
Argentina has formally objected to the European Union's preliminary classification of the country as a “standard risk” under the EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR). The regulation, set to take effect in 2026, aims to ensure that consumer products imported into the EU, such as soybeans, beef, timber, and cocoa, do not originate from deforested areas after December 31, 2020.
On May 22, the European Commission, within the framework of its Deforestation Regulations (2023/1115), described Argentina as a "standard" risk country of deforestation.The Government requested that Argentina's rating be reconsidered prior to December 31, 2025, the date that begins to govern the regulations, assigning it "low risk" of deforestation.
The Argentine Government, through the Secretariat for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Secretariat for International Economic Relations, formally raised in the last few hours a complaint to the European Union (EU) linked to the “deforestation-free” regulation that seeks to apply the old continent for products exported there. It is a regulation that imposes that shipments to Europe, in the case of Argentin…
On May 22, the European Commission, within the framework of its 1115 deforestation regulations, described Argentina as a “standard” or medium-risk country, as well as Brazil and Paraguay. On the other hand, Uruguay was categorized as a “low” risk. In this regard, the Argentine government expressed its rejection of that decision because it considers that, according to the main criteria set out in regulation 1115, Argentina should be considered a …
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