The proposal for a regulation on the placing on the market of certain products associated with deforestation was criticised quite heavily on Monday 21 February by the EU agriculture ministers (see EUROPE B12834A1).
Most delegations however welcomed the ambition of the proposed new regulation, which will have to define effective rules to combat imported deforestation, French minister Julien Denormandie noted. The President-in-Office of the Agriculture Council acknowledged, however, that...