The European Commission is reportedly considering a second one-year postponement of the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). While no formal legislative proposal has been submitted yet, the intention was communicated by European Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy Jessika Roswall during the Agriculture and Fishery Council in Brussels.
The Commissioner cited technical reasons as the sole cause for the potential delay, specifically the insufficient readiness of the required IT infrastructure to handle the high volume of information. The concern is that the system’s current capacity could negatively impact EU firms and the overall supply chain. The Commission also confirmed that the simplification of the EUDR is being actively worked on.
Should this second delay be approved, it would be a welcome development for ASEAN firms, providing them with more time to implement the necessary operational and infrastructural updates for compliance.
