# Critical Moment for the EU Anti-Deforestation Law | Human Rights Watch

> Human Rights Watch urges a strong country risk benchmarking system under the EUDR, which the European Commission should complete by June 2025. The regulation would restrict EU market access for cattle, coffee, cocoa, palm oil, rubber, soy and wood unless they are deforestation-free.

- Date: 2025-01-31 · published 2025-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26536-critical-moment-for-the-eu-anti-deforestation-law-human-rights-watch
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Stricter country risk classifications could raise compliance costs and limit EU imports of soy, palm oil and beef from high-risk origins, which supports prices of lower-risk supply.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2022-02-21 | [EU: Member states call for delay of EU anti-deforestation law - Business and Human Rights Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42740-eu-member-states-call-for-delay-of-eu-anti-deforestation-law-business-and-human.md) | +2.9% | +11.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-09-13 | [WWF - European Parliament votes for a strong EU Deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39610-wwf-european-parliament-votes-for-a-strong-eu-deforestation-law.md) | -0.2% | -1.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-01-10 | [New EU anti-deforestation regulation could make significant impact, but ignores taxes and human rights \| Preferred by Nature](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43168-new-eu-anti-deforestation-regulation-could-make-significant-impact-but-ignores.md) | +2.5% | +12.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-11-09 | [Indonesia, Malaysia seek more time to implement EU anti-deforestation law \| Euractiv](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33208-indonesia-malaysia-seek-more-time-to-implement-eu-anti-deforestation-law.md) | +3.4% | -1.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-10-02 | [EU proposes to delay landmark anti-deforestation law by 12 months](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27893-eu-proposes-to-delay-landmark-anti-deforestation-law-by-12-months.md) | +3.6% | +5.8% |
| SOY | 2022-01-27 | [EU: To End Deforestation, Protect Land Rights \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43169-eu-to-end-deforestation-protect-land-rights-human-rights-watch.md) | +7.3% | +15.4% |
| SOY | 2021-08-09 | [Supply Chain Laws to Fight Deforestation Must Back Indigenous Rights \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45584-supply-chain-laws-to-fight-deforestation-must-back-indigenous-rights-human.md) | +0.1% | -9.8% |
| SOY | 2021-03-31 | [The EU and tropical deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48153-the-eu-and-tropical-deforestation.md) | +3.1% | +14.0% |

## Sources

- hrw.org: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/31/critical-moment-eu-anti-deforestation-law

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