# Commission provides guidance on deforestation law - EU Perspectives

> The EU published its EUDR guidance document earlier in August, stating that companies must prove products are produced legally, not just deforestation-free. The regulation covers cattle, palm oil, soy, cocoa, coffee, rubber and wood, and applies to large companies in a few months.

- Date: 2025-08-23 · published 2025-08-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23342-commission-provides-guidance-on-deforestation-law-eu-perspectives
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Stricter legality proof requirements raise compliance costs for soy and palm oil supplied to Europe, which can narrow the spread for those origins against non-EU buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-08-12 | [Commission Notice – Guidance Document for Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on Deforestation-Free Products - Publications Office of the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23340-commission-notice-guidance-document-for-regulation-eu-2023-1115-on.md) | +0.8% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 2025-04-16 | [EU eases deforestation law reporting for companies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25148-eu-eases-deforestation-law-reporting-for-companies.md) | -1.0% | -3.3% |
| SBM | 2018-03-22 | [#ClientEarth: Two new Commission studies pave the way for EU action on deforestation - EU Reporter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66019-clientearth-two-new-commission-studies-pave-the-way-for-eu-action-on.md) | +1.9% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 2025-06-08 | [European Commission released EU Deforestation country classifications \| Due Diligence Design](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24244-european-commission-released-eu-deforestation-country-classifications-due.md) | -1.2% | -9.3% |
| SBM | 2023-09-01 | [Global impact of the EU’s anti-deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34617-global-impact-of-the-eu-s-anti-deforestation-law.md) | -3.5% | -5.8% |
| SOY | 2025-10-21 | [EU Commission suggests easing anti-deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22429-eu-commission-suggests-easing-anti-deforestation-law.md) | +3.4% | +12.2% |
| SOY | 2024-09-24 | [Commission insists no plans to delay anti-deforestation law \| Euronews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28332-commission-insists-no-plans-to-delay-anti-deforestation-law-euronews.md) | +1.7% | -5.6% |
| SOY | 2023-12-15 | [EU Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains \| Legal Guidance \| LexisNexis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32715-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-supply-chains-legal-guidance-lexisnexis.md) | -1.3% | -6.6% |

## Sources

- euperspectives.eu: https://euperspectives.eu/2025/08/commission-provides-guidance-on-deforestation-law/

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