On Monday 27 October in Luxembourg, despite a request from several agriculture ministers, the European Commission refused to grant a one-year postponement of the date on which the regulation on combating imported deforestation would come into force.
A majority of European agriculture ministers have deemed the Commission’s proposal to simplify this text to be insufficient(see EUROPE B13738A3). It is proposing to postpone the entry into force of the regulation until 30 December 2026, for...