# EU Deforestation Regulation now postponed by 12 months | EY - Global

> EY reports that the EU Deforestation Regulation application date has been postponed by 12 months to December 30, 2025 for medium and large companies, and June 30, 2026 for micro and small enterprises. A proposed no-risk category has been dropped.

- Date: 2025-01-03 · published 2025-01-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26531-eu-deforestation-regulation-now-postponed-by-12-months-ey-global
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A one-year delay reduces near-term compliance costs for importers of soy and palm oil, leaving EU demand for these commodities largely unchanged for now.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2023-08-22 | [EU Adopts New Regulation To Reduce Global Deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34614-eu-adopts-new-regulation-to-reduce-global-deforestation.md) | -0.3% | -3.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-01-20 | [EU Deforestation Regulation application postponed to 30 December 2026](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21090-eu-deforestation-regulation-application-postponed-to-30-december-2026.md) | +1.9% | +4.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-08-01 | [EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29296-eu-deforestation-regulation-eudr.md) | -2.5% | +1.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | +3.5% | +8.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-10-18 | [EU Deforestation Regulation: What Shippers Need to Know](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17136-eu-deforestation-regulation-what-shippers-need-to-know.md) | +0.4% | — |
| SOY | 2026-01-20 | [EU Deforestation Regulation application postponed to 30 December 2026](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21090-eu-deforestation-regulation-application-postponed-to-30-december-2026.md) | +0.4% | +7.2% |
| SOY | 2024-08-01 | [EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29296-eu-deforestation-regulation-eudr.md) | -0.8% | -6.8% |
| SOY | 2024-01-15 | [Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains – 12 months left](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32132-regulation-on-deforestation-free-supply-chains-12-months-left.md) | +1.5% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- ey.com: https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/eu-deforestation-regulation-now-postponed-by-12-months

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