EU proposes new delay to anti-deforestation rules

A palm oil plantation next to a peat forest in Indonesia STR

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.

Environmental groups reacted angrily to the prospect of postponing the bill, which was to ban imports of products driving deforestation from the end of 2025, saying it called into question the EU's

But the European Commission said the logistical infrastructure for implementing the law -- already once pushed back a year -- was not yet ready.

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The European Union executive will push to delay the law's entry into force to late 2026, "to avoid uncertainty for authorities and to avoid operational difficulties for companies," he ad