European Commission responds to ten crucial EUDR deforestation questions

As the clock counts down for the final few months before the anticipated EUDR regulations, the European Commission has answered ten crucial questions surrounding the landmark policy’s delivery, reports Antony Myers. Notably, as Confectionery Production has reported this past week, the US government, along with major farming groups in Ivory Coast and in Malaysia, have sought to delay the delivery of the scheme following concerns from businesses within cocoa and other markets including the timber trade, have voiced concerns about the roll-out of its complex satellite ‘geomapping’ based compliance system. When The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) comes into force in six months [30 December 2024], it will prohibit the sale of commodities, including cocoa, coffee, soy, and palm oil, into the bloc unless strict traceability measures are proven to show such goods have not been farmed in protected areas. While the cocoa sector has broadly welcomed the legislation, we can ...