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Summary:
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 - adopted by the co-legislators on 31 May 2023 - aimed at tackling deforestation and forest degradation driven by the European Union (EU). It repeals Regulation (EU) No 995/2010. This is a text with EEA relevance.
Further information:
Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 - also known as EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) - prohibits illegally harvested timber from being placed on the EU market, and sets out preconditions for the marketing of timber and timber products in the EU. This is part of a wider legislative framework which the European Commission considered to only partially address deforestation.
This Regulation replaces the previous legislative framework. It lays down rules regarding the placing and making available on EU's market, as well as the export from the EU of relevant products, that contain, have been fed with or have been made using relevant commodities, with a view to minimising the EU's contribution to deforestation and forest degradation worldwide, and reducing the EU's contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global biodiversity loss.
The draft law was adopted by the European Commission on 17 November 2021. The Council of the European Union adopted its general approach on 28 June 2022. The plenary of the European Parliament adopted a negotiating position on 13 September. An informal agreement between the co-legislators on a compromise text for this file was reached on 5 December. This was formally endorsed by the Parliament on 19 April 2023 and by the Council on 16 May. The Act was signed by the co-legislators on 31 May 2023 and published in the Official Journal on 9 June 2023.
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EUR-LEX: COM(2021)706: Proposal for a Regulation on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2021:706:FIN
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EUR-LEX: SWD(2021)325: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Subsidiarity Grid
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2021:325:FIN
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EUR-LEX: SWD(2021)326: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Impact Assessment on minimising the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2021:326:FIN
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EUR-LEX: SWD(2021)327: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Executive Summary of Impact Assessment on minimising the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2021:327:FIN
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EUR-LEX: SWD(2021)328: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Fitness Check on Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 and Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2021:328:FIN
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EUR-LEX: SWD(2021)329: Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal - Executive Summary of Fitness Check on Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 and Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2021:329:FIN
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European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Deforestation Regulation (2021/0366(COD))
https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=2021/0366(COD)
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European Parliament: Legislative Train Schedule: Minimising the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products places on the EU market
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-european-green-deal/file-deforestation-and-forest-degradation-linked-to-products-placed-on-the-eu-market
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European Commission: Publications: Proposal for a regulation on deforestation-free products
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European Commission: Press Release, 17/11/2021: European Green Deal: Commission adopts new proposals to stop deforestation, innovate sustainable waste management and make soils healthy for people, nature and climate
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_5916
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European Commission: Questions and Answers on new rules for deforestation-free products (17 November 2021)
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_21_5919
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European Commission: Press conference by Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner Sinkevičius on a package of proposals on soil, waste and deforestation (17 November 2021)
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_21_6085
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Council of the European Union: Press Release, 28/06/2022: Council agrees on new rules to drive down deforestation and forest degradation globally
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/06/28/council-agrees-on-new-rules-to-drive-down-deforestation-and-forest-degradation/
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German Federal Government: Press Release, 28/06/2022: EU Environment Council votes for deforestation-free supply chains
https://www.bmuv.de/en/pressrelease/eu-environment-council-votes-for-deforestation-free-supply-chains
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European Parliament: Press Release, 12/07/2022: Climate change: new rules for companies to stop EU-driven deforestation globally
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European Parliament: Press Release, 13/09/2022: Climate change: new rules for companies to help limit global deforestation
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European Parliament: Headlines, 25/10/2022: Deforestation: causes and how the EU is tackling it
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20221019STO44561/
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Council of the European Union: Press Release, 06/12/2022: Council and Parliament strike provisional deal to cut down deforestation worldwide
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/12/06/council-and-parliament-strike-provisional-deal-to-cut-down-deforestation-worldwide/
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European Parliament: Press Release, 06/12/2022: Deal on new law to ensure products causing deforestation are not sold in the EU
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20221205IPR60607/
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European Commission: Press Release, 06/12/2022: Green Deal: EU agrees law to fight global deforestation and forest degradation driven by EU production and consumption
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_7444
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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): News, 06/12/2022: EU adopts Regulation for deforestation free products: effective complementary measures key for conservation
https://www.iucn.org/news/202212/eu-adopts-regulation-deforestation-free-products-effective-complementary-measures-key
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Renew Europe EP Group: Newsroom, 06/12/2022: New EU legislation will help stop global deforestation related to products including coffee, palm oil and wood
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European Parliament: Press Release, 19/04/2023: Parliament adopts new law to fight global deforestation
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230414IPR80129/
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Greens/EFA EP Group: Press Release, 19/04/2023: European Parliament approves Regulation protecting forests
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The Guardian, 12/11/2021: Trade officials ‘taking a chainsaw’ to EU forest protection plans
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/12/trade-officials-taking-a-chainsaw-to-eu-forest-protection-plans
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The Guardian, 17/11/2021: EU aims to curb deforestation with beef and coffee import ban
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/17/eu-deforestation-beef-coffee-import-ban-commodities-endangered-forests
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Reuters, 17/11/2021: EU proposes law preventing import of goods linked to deforestation
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/eu-commission-proposes-imports-curbs-goods-linked-deforestation-2021-11-17/
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EurActiv, 17/11/2021: Europe proposes mandatory due diligence to stop deforestation in supply chains
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/europe-proposes-mandatory-due-diligence-to-stop-deforestation-in-supply-chains/
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EUObserver, 18/11/2021: EU imposes rules on six products to halt 'imported deforestation'
https://euobserver.com/climate/153547
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RFI News, 20/11/2021: EU's 'groundbreaking' plan to ban food, wood imports from deforested areas
https://www.rfi.fr/en/europe/20211120-eu-s-groundbreaking-plan-to-ban-food-wood-imports-from-deforested-areas-cop26
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EUObserver, 21/02/2022: Last-minute calls to delay EU deforestation law
https://euobserver.com/green-economy/154405
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Politico, 30/06/2022: Industry warns against EU’s traceability plans to prevent deforestation
https://www.politico.eu/article/industry-warn-against-eu-traceability-plan-prevent-deforestation/
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The Guardian, 05/07/2022: Scientists warn MEPs against watering down EU deforestation law
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/05/scientists-warn-meps-against-watering-down-eu-deforestation-law
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EurActiv, 12/09/2022: Parliament urged to back EU law on deforestation-free products
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Associated Press (AP News), 13/09/2022: EU lawmakers support ban of goods linked to deforestation
https://apnews.com/article/forests-european-union-deforestation-dfac73fb792f185df0b3b79a055abdbf
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Le Monde, 18/09/2022: Forests: European Parliament makes progress on deforestation, wood use
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Reuters, 06/12/2022: EU agrees law preventing import of goods linked to deforestation
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/eu-agrees-law-preventing-import-goods-linked-deforestation-2022-12-06/
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BBC News, 06/12/2022: Deforestation: EU law bans goods linked to destruction of trees
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63872393
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Associated Press (AP News), 06/12/2022: EU agrees deal to ban products which fuel deforestation
https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-forests-global-trade-agriculture-b49858372303085e482b1d4e075b266f
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MercoPress, 07/12/2022: Europe bans imports of products involving deforestation
https://en.mercopress.com/2022/12/07/europe-bans-imports-of-products-involving-deforestation
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The Guardian, 05/01/2023: EU ban on deforestation-linked goods sets benchmark, say US lawmakers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/05/eu-ban-on-deforestation-linked-goods-sets-benchmark-say-us-lawmakers
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Reuters, 19/04/2023: EU lawmakers back ban on goods linked to deforestation
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/eu-parliament-approves-law-banning-imports-deforestation-linked-goods-2023-04-19/
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Euronews, 19/04/2023: European Parliament approves law ensuring EU products are deforestation-free
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/04/19/european-parliament-approves-law-ensuring-eu-products-are-deforestation-free
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Deutsche Welle, 19/04/2023: EU lawmakers adopt ban on goods linked to deforestation
https://p.dw.com/p/4QJfg
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France24, 19/04/2023: EU Parliament adopts ban on imports driving deforestation
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230419-eu-parliament-adopts-ban-on-imports-driving-deforestation
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EUObserver, 19/04/2023: EU parliament outlaws products linked to deforestation
https://euobserver.com/green-economy/156940
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EurActiv, 20/04/2023: Campaigners hail ‘historic’ day as Parliament adopts EU anti-deforestation law
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/campaigners-hail-historic-day-as-parliament-adopts-eu-anti-deforestation-law/
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RFI News, 21/04/2023: European Union adopts law to ban products driving deforestation
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230421-european-union-adopts-law-to-ban-products-driving-deforestation
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International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), 24/04/2023: EU bans import of deforestation-linked goods
https://www.icij.org/investigations/deforestation-inc/eu-bans-import-of-deforestation-linked-goods/
- Commentary and Analysis
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Greanpeace: Briefing, 09/11/2021: EU anti-deforestation law could have serious holes
https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/nature-food/45908/briefing-eu-anti-deforestation-law-could-have-serious-holes/
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World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF): News, 10/11/2021: EU deforestation law cannot afford to lower level of ambition
https://www.wwf.eu/?uNewsID=5093891
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Greenpeace: Stories, 17/11/2021: Will the EU finally end its complicity in global deforestation?
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/50848/eu-complicity-global-deforestation-forests-law/
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Conservation International: Press Release, 17/11/2021: Conservation International statement on the European Union legislative proposal to address deforestation
https://www.conservation.org/press-releases/2021/11/17/conservation-international-statement-on-the-european-union-legislative-proposal-to-address-deforestation
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ClientEarth: Press Release, 17/11/2021: New EU deforestation law 'welcome, but weak': ClientEarth
https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press/new-eu-deforestation-law-welcome-but-weak-clientearth/
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Euronews, 17/11/2021: Explained: How the EU plans to ban products linked to deforestation
https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/17/explained-how-the-eu-plans-to-ban-products-linked-to-deforestation
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Politico, 17/11/2021: 4 things to know about the EU’s effort to stop deforestation
https://www.politico.eu/article/commission-adds-new-wrinkle-to-lifestyle-choices-deforestation/
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Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI): Press Release, 17/11/2021: The European pulp and paper industry supports EU action to safeguard the world’s forests and calls for focus on the real drivers of deforestation
https://www.cepi.org/press-release-the-european-pulp-and-paper-industry-supports-eu-action-to-safeguard-the-worlds-forests-and-calls-for-focus-on-the-real-drivers-of-deforestation/
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Greens/EFA EP Group: Opinion, 17/11/2021: New EU deforestation law could fail to protect our precious ecosystems - we're not out of the woods yet
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FoodDrink Europe: Resources, 16/02/2022: Deforestation-free products - Position Paper
https://www.fooddrinkeurope.eu/resource/deforestation-free-products-position-paper/
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VoxEurop, 21/02/2022: Europe’s deforestation proposal must do more for smallholder farmers
https://voxeurop.eu/en/europes-deforestation-proposal-must-do-more-for-smallholder-farmers/
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European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS): At a Glance, 07/09/2022: Regulation on deforestation-free products
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_ATA(2022)733624
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ClientEarth: Press Release, 13/09/2022: European Parliament ground-breaking vote on deforestation law a ‘big victory’ - ClientEarth lawyers
https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/european-parliament-ground-breaking-vote-on-deforestation-law-a-big-victory-clientearth-lawyers/
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Greenpeace: Press Release, 13/09/2022: EU parliament votes to take forest destruction off supermarket shelves
https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/nature-food/46368/eu-parliament-votes-to-take-forest-destruction-off-supermarket-shelves/
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Greenpeace: Briefing, 02/12/2022: Last negotiations on EU deforestation law
https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/nature-food/46498/last-negotiations-on-eu-deforestation-law/
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ClientEarth: News, 05/12/2022: Why the EU’s new deforestation law matters to all of us
https://www.clientearth.org/latest/latest-updates/news/why-the-eu-s-new-deforestation-law-matters-to-all-of-us/
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World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 06/12/2022: EU leaders seal deal for groundbreaking law to stop deforestation
https://www.wwf.eu/?8350966/EU-leaders-seal-deal-for-groundbreaking-law-to-stop-deforestation
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Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP): Blog, 08/12/2022: Under the looking glass: Leaving no one behind in the new EU deforestation-free legislation
https://ieep.eu/news/under-the-looking-glass-leaving-no-one-behind-in-the-new-eu-deforestation-free-legislation/
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International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD): SDG Knowledge Hub: News, 08/12/2022: EU Paves Way for Landmark Deforestation-free Products Regulation
https://sdg.iisd.org/news/eu-paves-way-for-landmark-deforestation-free-products-regulation/
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The Conversation, 06/01/2023: Deforestation: proposed EU import ban may fail to protect tropical rainforests and farmers – here’s how it should work
https://theconversation.com/deforestation-proposed-eu-import-ban-may-fail-to-protect-tropical-rainforests-and-farmers-heres-how-it-should-work-196968
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Bloomberg: Green: Quick Take,14/02/2023: How EU Wants to Stop Deforestation in Your Coffee
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ING Think: Articles, 22/02/2023: Food companies under pressure to source deforestation-free products under new EU law
https://think.ing.com/articles/food-companies-under-pressure-to-source-deforestation-free-products-under-new-eu-law/
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Transport&Environment: Briefing, 28/03/2023: How serious is the EU about ending deforestation?
https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/how-serious-is-the-eu-about-ending-deforestation/
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European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS): Briefing, 11/04/2023: Towards deforestation-free commodities and products in the EU
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2022)698925
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European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS): At a Glance, 12/04/2023: Regulation on deforestation-free products
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_ATA(2023)747086
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EurActiv: Opinion, 10/05/2023: Is the proposed EU ‘deforestation’ regulation really a win for the environment?
https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/opinion/is-the-proposed-eu-deforestation-regulation-really-a-win-for-the-environment/
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