08/02/2022 (Agence Europe) – On 21 February, EU agriculture ministers will discuss the proposal on making products associated with deforestation and forest degradation available on the EU market and for export. The French Presidency of the EU Council has drafted a document (in French: https://aeur.eu/f/80 ) to structure the discussions in the Agriculture Council. The negotiations are being steered by the Environment Council, which will discuss them on 17 March (see EUROPE 12874/2). The regulation applies to six commodities (coffee, cocoa, palm oil, soy, cattle, wood) and their derivatives, with a review clause providing for the possibility of changing the scope two years after the implementation date. The agriculture ministers will discuss, among other things, the possibility of extending the scope to other commodities and ecosystems. (LC)