In the last week of November, the European Parliament supported the Council’s extended proposal to simplify the rules and obligations related to the so-called Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which is supposed to enter into force on 30 December 2025.
Key points include:
One-year postponement for all companies
Compliance with anti-deforestation rules should be applied as follows:
Large and medium-sized enterprises – 30 December 2026
Small and micro-enterprises – 30 July 2027
Simplification of due-diligence requirements
Submission of due-diligence statements should remain only with the first operators who place relevant products on the EU market for the first time.
Among these, small and micro-enterprises should submit only a one-time simplified statement.
Operators further down the supply chain and traders should no longer be required to submit due-diligence statements.
The first operator or trader further down the supply chain should keep the reference number of the original statement.
In the case of exports, due-diligence statement reference numbers should be part of customs documentation only when the export is carried out by the first operator.
At the same time, the Commission is required to prepare a report by the end of April 2026 regarding the review aimed at simplifying this regulation.
What’s next?
The final wording of the law may still be influenced by negotiations with Member States. The text must then be approved by both the Parliament and the Council during December and published in the Official Journal of the EU by the end of 2025, so that the currently valid application date can be postponed by one year.
Source: EU deforestation law: Parliament supports simplification measures | News | European Parliament
1 December 2025
