EUDR: EU Council rejects last-minute amendments passed by the European Parliament

The European Council has raised a serious grievance about the no-risk amendment to the EUDR, passed by the European Parliament, in last week’s vote to delay the regulation by a year. The European Deforestation Regulation must, with exception to a 12-month implementation delay approved last week, be enforced as planned and to the letter, the European Council has urged following a Coreper meeting. “The targeted amendment will not affect the substance of the already existing rules, which is to minimize the EU’s contribution to deforestation and forest degradation worldwide, by only allowing placing on ...