In future, only products that can be shown not to have contributed to forest degradation or deforestation anywhere in the world can be sold in or exported from the EU, according to a provisional political agreement reached on Tuesday 6 December at around 4am by the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU, negotiators from the European Parliament and the European Commission (trilogue).
This provisional agreement on an EU regulation proposed by the Commission in November 2021 is the result...