Overview
- The provisional agreement pushes enforcement for large companies to December 30, 2026, with smaller firms deferred until mid‑2027.
- Due‑diligence filings would be required only from companies first placing products on the EU market, exempting downstream traders from the declaration duty.
- Micro and small firms would submit a one‑time simplified statement, and EU states said some printed materials, including books and newspapers, were removed from the scope.
- The 2023 regulation targets goods such as coffee, cocoa, palm oil, soy, rubber and beef, requiring proof that supply chains are free of post‑2020 deforestation using location data.
- The deal still needs formal approval from the European Parliament and member states, and a broader revision to further simplify the law is planned for spring 2026, drawing warnings from environmental groups and complaints from trade partners like Brazil and Indonesia.