It’s too early for entry into application, as corrective actions are still needed for EU companies and non-EU supply chains. The Commission is preparing the postponement of the EUDR to 2027, and making the news at a public event was EU Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall. This Anti-Deforestation Regulation, which includes due diligence burdens for international trade in certain products (including cowhide at every stage of processing), was supposed to come into effect as early as December 2024 for large companies and 2025 for SMEs, and has already undergone a one-year postponement.
The postponement of the EUDR to 2027
Roswall (in photo from Imagoeconomica) announced, Euractiv reports, the intention to postpone the EUDR again on the sidelines of the presentation of trade agreements with Indonesia. The Asian country, a producer of palm oil (also among the products included in the regulation’s fateful Annex I), has reportedly asked for more time to comply with the technical requirements of the regulation. Demands for a re-work were also made by the White House and EU industrial supply chains, including that of leather with UNIC and Cotance, as well as that of wood.
The news
The news comes during the first of three days of Lineapelle (Fieramilano Rho, Sept. 23-25), where a conference on the very subject is scheduled for the 24th. German MEP Christine Schneider hopes that the postponement will be an opportunity to also review the regulation so as to smooth out its most difficult aspects. For example? The introduction in the country benchmark (which currently has three risk categories on which the complexity of the due diligence to be drafted depends) of the “no risk” band for safe origins to be exempted from traceability and geolocation charges.
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