The EU Deforestation law obligation was postponed; the IBC achieved success in reducing the administrative burden for no-risk countries

EUDR, the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation, has been definitively postponed by one year. The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation is being postponed by one year. Companies now have more time to demonstrate that beef sold in Europe does not come from deforested land. The European Commission previously proposed to postpone the date of application of the Deforestation Regulation by one year and the European Commission agreed to this on Thursday 14 November. Large companies must now comply with the obligations arising from the regulation from 30 December 2025. SMEs from 30 June 2026. IBC, the European butchers’ association of which KNS is a member, was also successful in advocating for the creation of a new category of countries that pose ‘no risk’ of deforestation, in addition to the existing three categories of ‘low’, ‘standard’ and ...