
A Garrigues legal note explains that most EU deforestation regulation obligations apply from December 30, 2024. The rule covers cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood, requiring deforestation-free status, legal production and a due diligence statement.
Clear obligations for placing soy, cattle-derived and palm products on the EU market could shift sourcing toward verified origins and affect EU import flows.
After 554 past neutral policy events, Soybeans moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.6%), and +0.6% over 20.
After 513 past neutral policy events, Palm Oil moved a median 0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.4%), and -0.1% over 20.
After 102 past neutral policy events, Live Cattle moved a median +0.6% over 5 sessions (63% higher; middle half -0.7% to +1.2%), and +1.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.