The EU said Tuesday it will seek a new one-year delay to sweeping anti-deforestation rules cheered by green groups but assailed by key trading partners from the United States to Indonesia.

The bill, which bans imports of products driving deforestation, is currently set to take effect at the end this year, but the European Commission said the supporting system was not ready.

It would be the second postponement on implementing the law, which was passed in 2023 and was originally due to take effect in late 2024, before being delayed to late 2025.

"We have concluded that we cannot meet the original deadline without causing disruptions to our businesses and supply chains," commission spokesman Olof Gill told a press conference in Brussels.

The European Union executive will as a result push

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