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EU institutions agreed in Trilogue negotiations to reschedule the EUDR's application and to include several simplifications.

Signatories of a the statement are urging the European Commission to introduce a “stop-the-clock” mechanism on the EU Deforestation Regulation, allowing time for a full assessment of its impact and implementation. They call for genuine simplification measures to make the rules workable while maintaining the Regulation’s core goal of fighting deforestation.

In view of our concerns about the Regulation’s practical applicability, lack of proportionality, substantial administrative burden, legal uncertainties and diversion of commodity flows likely to be generated, we stress the urgent need for a more targeted, risk-based, and practicable implementation, going beyond what is provided by the current Regulation.

Member States, European Parliament and EU-Stakeholders are increasingly calling to make the EUDR more targeted, risk-based, and practicable.

On 13 January 2025, the Environment and Agriculture Committees of the European Parliament held a joint public Hearing to discuss the European Commission's proposal on forest monitoring, titled “Forest Monitoring for resilient European Forests”. The panelists presented their views on the initiative and discussed current state and future strategies for monitoring Europe’s forests in the relation to the European Commission’s proposal.

The EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) start dates’ postponement is officially approved. The one-year delay will allow more time to prepare for the implementation of new due diligence requirements. The regulation will now be signed and published in the EU's Official Journal, so that it can enter into force before the end of 2024.