Eu Council Calls For Another Year’s Delay To Deforestation Rules

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The Council is seeking to “simplify" nan implementation of existing rules and to postpone their application.

The European Council is seeking to hold implementation of nan EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by different twelvemonth up of talks pinch nan bloc’s Parliament.

EUDR was group to travel into unit successful December aft already being pushed backmost but nan European Commission (EC) projected successful October to again delay its implementation pinch different provisos depending connected nan size of nan company.

The deadline for ample and mean enterprises would stay but pinch a six-month grace period, while micro and mini businesses would person until December 2026 to comply. The EC said successful October that its recommendations would spell earlier nan Council followed by last judgement by nan EU Parliament.

Now nan Council has made its proposal for a hold by 1 twelvemonth nether a “targeted revision” proposal. In a connection yesterday (19 November), it said it will look to commencement “negotiations” pinch Parliament pinch a position to a last determination being made earlier nan existing 30 December deadline.

“The purpose is to simplify nan implementation of nan existing rules and to postpone their exertion to let operators, traders and authorities to hole adequately,” nan Council said, efficaciously siding pinch nan EC connected its simplification proposals put guardant successful October.

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EUDR, first unveiled successful 2021, was primitively owed to return effect connected 30 December 2024, covering commodities specified arsenic cocoa, java and thenar oil, on pinch nutrient products containing those ingredients.

Companies placing those equipment connected nan EU marketplace will person to demonstrate that their worth chains are not linked to deforestation.

Under pressure from member states, 3rd countries, traders and operators, nan EC agreed successful December 2023 to hold applicability by a year, to 30 December 2025.

In September this year, nan Commission then proposed further changes, pointing to problems pinch nan IT strategy that would log applicable transactions.

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The Council’s latest position aims to “further trim nan administrative load connected operators, peculiarly mini and micro-operators, and let for a soft implementation of nan regulation”.

The Council said yesterday it would push for a “uniform” one-year hold for each operators but pinch an other six-month “cushion” for micro and mini companies to June 2027.

Meanwhile, nan grace play for ample and mean enterprises suggested by nan EC would beryllium removed and nan Council would property for “a clear hold of nan exertion day for each operators, sloppy of their size”.

The Council besides proposes a alteration successful really work for compliance is dished out along nan proviso chain.

Under the mandate, nan usability that first places a applicable merchandise connected nan EU marketplace would carnivore sole work for submitting the owed diligence statement.

Downstream operators and traders would not request to record their ain statements.

Only nan first downstream operators would be required to support and walk connected nan reference number of nan first owed diligence submission, according to nan EC’s statement.

Micro and mini superior operators would move to a “one‑off simplified declaration”.

Meanwhile, further retired nan Council wants nan regularisation to beryllium formally reassessed erstwhile it is successful operation.

It called connected nan EC to complete a “simplification review” by 30 April, examining nan law’s effect and nan administrative load connected operators, pinch a peculiar attraction connected micro and mini companies.

If necessary, that reappraisal should beryllium accompanied by a legislative connection for further changes.

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