EU regulation on deforestation

EU Regulation 2023/1115 on products without deforestation (hereinafter "EUDR" ) entered into force on 29 June 2023. According to the EUDR, any operator or trader who places relevant commodities or their products on the EU market or exports from it must demonstrate that the products do not come from recently deforested land or have not contributed to forest degradation. The EUDR will apply to all products placed on the market from 30 December 2024 (30 June 2025 for small businesses).

the rules

Commodities such as beef, timber, cocoa, soya, palm oil, coffee, rubber and products derived from them such as leather, chocolate, tires or furniture can only be placed on the EU market, made available or exported from the EU if:

• are without deforestation (ie the relevant commodities must not be produced on land that was deforested after December 31, 2020, or in the case of wood and wood products, that the wood was harvested without forest degradation in the relevant forest after December 31, 2020);
• they were produced in accordance with the relevant legislation country of manufacture; a
• They are covered declaration of due diligence.

(John Gaffney, more at lexology.com)