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BEECH POWER proportionate approach to the EUDR’s implementation.
“In view of these concerns about the EUDR’s proportionality,
we stress the urgent need for a more targeted, risk-based,
and practicable implementation of the EUDR, going beyond

what is provided by the current regulation,” the statement
said.
The aim of the EU Deforestation Regulation, according
to the European Commission, is to ensure that goods in
the EU market do not contribute to deforestation and forest
degradation, both within the EU and globally.
The new regulation means that companies will only be
allowed to sell products in the EU if the supplier provides a
‘due diligence’ statement confirming that the product does not

come from deforested land or has led to forest degradation.
The regulation was set to come into effect at the end of
2024. However, this was deferred until the end of 2025, and
mid-2026 for smaller businesses.
The groups that have issued the joint statement claim
Farmers and forestry stakeholders in Europe appealing that, despite the European Commission’s efforts to clarify the
for EUDR simplification regulation, this has not brought significant improvements to

Several organisations representing farmers and forestry sector address their “core concerns”.
stakeholders in the EU have issued a joint statement calling They say that the clarifications provided so far are “subject
for a simplification package for the European Deforestation to diverging interpretations in different member states”, and
Regulation (EUDR), as reported by agriland.ie. that therefore, simplification should be made directly through
The joint statement—which includes among its signatories amendments to the regulation.
Copa Cogeca, the representative group for farm organisations “We acknowledge the commission’s stated commitment to
and agricultural co-operatives—says that while the delay to simplification in its 2025 Work Programme, and in particular
the implementation of the EUDR to December is welcome, the potential of the upcoming ‘omnibus’ legislative packages,”
there needs to be shift in focus “towards meaningful the joint statement said.

simplification”. “These initiatives present an opportunity that must not
“This call is linked to our concerns about the regulation’s be missed. We therefore urge the commission to include
practical applicability; its lack of proportionality; the substantial a comprehensive review of the EUDR as part of these
administrative burden it imposes; and the legal uncertainties and simplification proposals.
diversion of commodity flows that are likely to be generated,” “We remain fully committed to engaging in constructive
the statement said. dialogue and stand ready to contribute to a regulatory process
“These issues are also increasingly recognised by members the enables the EUDR to achieve its environmental goals

of the European Parliament (MEPs) and agriculture ministers, without jeopardising the viability of responsible operators
who have publicly called for substantial simplification and a across the supply chain,” the statement added.