It’s official: the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has been delayed for an additional yr.
The European Parliament voted by means of the delay as soon as extra, after coming to an settlement with the Council, which represents member states.
The EUDR has been delayed for an additional yr, that means that the brand new deadline is 30 December 2026 for bigger corporations, and 30 June 2027 for smaller ones.
The delay will even embrace a ‘simplification overview’, whereby the European Fee will likely be tasked to overview the regulation by 30 April subsequent yr. This will likely embrace additional simplifications.
Smaller operators will solely must submit a simplified declaration, relatively than a full due diligence assertion, to conform.
That is (not less than for now) the conclusion of a protracted sequence of adjustments, simplifications and uncertainties stemming from the EU’s flagship anti-deforestation regulation.
Corporations have one other yr to arrange for the regulation. They’ll additionally count on larger readability in April when the simplification overview is accomplished.
For now, although, we wait.
