# How the EU Deforestation Regulation affects your business | Freshfields

> A Freshfields legal blog outlines the core provisions of the EU deforestation regulation, including its seven covered commodities and due diligence obligations. It notes the application date was delayed to December 30, 2025 after pushback from member states and companies.

- Date: 2025-09-12 · published 2025-09-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22878-how-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-affects-your-business-freshfields
- 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

This is explanatory legal commentary on existing rules with no new supply or demand event, so it has little direct price implication for feed commodities.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-05-05 | [The EU Deforestation-free Regulation in a Nutshell \| Sustainability in Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30267-the-eu-deforestation-free-regulation-in-a-nutshell-sustainability-in-business.md) | +0.3% | -1.4% |
| SOY | 2023-05-03 | [EU Regulation on Deforestation-free products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35974-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +0.9% | -9.7% |
| SOY | 2024-08-29 | [The EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) \| Crowe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28802-the-eu-s-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-eudr-crowe.md) | +5.2% | +8.6% |
| SOY | 2023-07-20 | [What is the EU Deforestation Regulation? - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35077-what-is-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-fern.md) | +3.7% | -10.5% |
| SOY | 2022-05-19 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41417-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |
| SBM | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | -3.4% | -9.4% |
| SBM | 2026-04-01 | [Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20176-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-eudr.md) | -0.7% | +4.2% |
| SBM | 2022-05-09 | [Expert meeting on the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41419-expert-meeting-on-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-fern.md) | -4.2% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- freshfields.com: https://www.freshfields.com/en/our-thinking/blogs/sustainability/how-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-affects-your-business-102l4qn

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