# RDUE – 40th EU Platform: FAQs being finalized; your feedback is still welcome | ATIBT

> ATIBT reports that the European Commission presented guidance on 24 March 2026 for an April package on implementing the deforestation regulation. The Commission said it will not reopen the legal text, and a fifth iteration of the FAQs is being finalized. The package is expected by the end of April.

- Date: 2026-04-10 · published 2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19738-rdue-40th-eu-platform-faqs-being-finalized-your-feedback-is-still-welcome-atibt
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Clarified guidance on downstream obligations could reduce compliance uncertainty for traders of soy and other covered commodities. The impact on prices is expected to be small.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-12-05 | [EU action on deforestation welcome but must include binding regulation - EIA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61584-eu-action-on-deforestation-welcome-but-must-include-binding-regulation-eia.md) | +0.9% | -0.2% |
| SOY | 2022-06-30 | [Industry groups still find fault with proposed EU deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40968-industry-groups-still-find-fault-with-proposed-eu-deforestation-law.md) | -5.0% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2022-12-15 | [NSAC’s 2023 Farm Bill Platform: Leveling the Playing Field - National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38211-nsac-s-2023-farm-bill-platform-leveling-the-playing-field-national-sustainable.md) | -0.1% | +3.8% |
| SOY | 2025-01-01 | [10 key things you STILL need to know about the new EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26992-10-key-things-you-still-need-to-know-about-the-new-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | -1.1% | +4.6% |
| SOY | 2021-03-18 | [EU anti-deforestation import rules still a ways off, but related due diligence could come sooner «  Carbon Pulse](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48151-eu-anti-deforestation-import-rules-still-a-ways-off-but-related-due-diligence.md) | +1.1% | +0.0% |
| SBM | 2020-09-10 | [ATIBT is relaying two EU public consultations including one on the EUTR. You can answer until November 26, 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51143-atibt-is-relaying-two-eu-public-consultations-including-one-on-the-eutr-you-can.md) | +3.2% | +16.1% |
| SBM | 2025-11-25 | [Blue whiting cuts and anchovy quota set stage for feed price hikes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22042-blue-whiting-cuts-and-anchovy-quota-set-stage-for-feed-price-hikes.md) | -1.5% | -3.8% |
| SBM | 2020-09-11 | [Have your say on the EU’s deforestation policy \| Both ENDS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51142-have-your-say-on-the-eu-s-deforestation-policy-both-ends.md) | +6.2% | +15.5% |

## Sources

- atibt.org: https://www.atibt.org/en/news/13836/rdue-40th-eu-platform-faqs-being-finalized-your-feedback-is-still-welcome

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