On Thursday evening, Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional political agreement on a one-year postponement of the EU Deforestation Regulation for all businesses, plus targeted solutions to make it easier for companies, global stakeholders and member states to implement.

Postponement for companies

All businesses will have one more year to comply with new EU rules to prevent deforestation. Large operators and traders will now have to apply the regulation from 30 December 2026, and small operators – private individuals and micro- or small enterprises – from 30 June 2027. This additional time is intended to guarantee a smooth transition and to allow time to improve the IT system that operators, traders and their representatives use to make electronic due diligence statements.

To make sure the system works well, Parliament introduced a requirement for the competent authorities to share information about significant technical errors or disruptions arising in the…