EU seeks fresh delay to deforestation rules amid IT headaches

IT problems have led The European Commission to propose another delay to the EU’s new deforestation rules coming into force.

The regulations, known as EUDR, were set to be implemented in December after already being pushed back.

EUDR, first announced in 2021, was originally due to be enforced on 30 December this year but the Commission faced pressure from parts of the food industry to extend the deadline. Brussels agreed to a one-year delay last December.

“The capacity is not sufficient. We concluded that it needs further work on the IT side and that’s why the Commissioner today announced that we will be speaking with the Parliament and the Council to explain the situation,” the spokesperson said. “This will be followed by our proposal, which will aim to delay by one year to fix this IT issue.”

Earlier today, EU Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall told reporters Brussels had a “concern regarding the IT system, given the amount of information that we put into the system”.

Under EUDR, companies marketing products including cocoa, coffee and palm oil, as well as foods that contain the ingredients, in the EU will have to demonstrate their supply chains are free from deforestation-related impacts.

EU seeks fresh delay to deforestation rules amid IT headaches

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