"Adopted in 2023, the EUDR requires companies bringing coffee, cocoa, soy, cattle, palm oil, rubber and wood (and many derived products) to the EU market to prove - through the geolocation of farm plots and risk-based due diligence - that the goods are deforestation-free. After facing pressure from industry organizations, including large European coffee companies, the Commission has already agreed to delay enforcement of the law by one year."
"The letter said that the expected information load associated with law may slow down the European Commission's IT system to "unacceptable levels" or cause "disruptions." In the meantime, the world's forests continue to shrink at an alarming rate. According to University of Maryland GLAD Lab data, loss of tropical primary forests reached 6.7 million hectares in 2024 - the rough equivalent of 18 soccer fields every minute - due to a combination of fires and agriculture."
""This would be funny if it wasn't so tragic," Michael Rice of the nonprofit environmental law group Client Earth said in an announcement. "The Commission is making a fool of itself by using its own inadequate IT system as an excuse to delay the world"
The European Commission plans a further one-year postponement of enforcement of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), citing poor development and potential overload of its IT system. A letter from EU Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall signaled that expected information loads may slow or disrupt Commission IT operations. The EUDR, adopted in 2023, requires geolocation data and risk-based due diligence for commodities such as coffee, cocoa, soy, cattle, palm oil, rubber and wood to prove goods are deforestation-free. The delay would push enforcement for large businesses to December 30, 2026, and has prompted criticism from environmental groups while receiving political support from some conservatives.
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