# POLICY PANEL EU Deforestation-free Regulation • OPTA Europe

> An OPTA Europe policy panel on the EU deforestation-free regulation is scheduled for 13 February 2024 at BIOFACH. The regulation requires traders to prove imported soy, beef, palm oil and other commodities are deforestation-free and legal, including plot geolocation.

- Date: 2024-01-16 · published 2024-01-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32134-policy-panel-eu-deforestation-free-regulation-opta-europe
- 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

The event is an awareness forum with no immediate supply change, so its price effect on feed commodities is minimal.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2022-03-17 | [EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products - Proforest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42304-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-proforest.md) | +4.2% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2026-04-01 | [Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20176-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-eudr.md) | -0.8% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2023-01-01 | [Regulation on Deforestation-free Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38269-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | -1.0% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2024-08-01 | [EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29296-eu-deforestation-regulation-eudr.md) | -0.8% | -6.8% |
| 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 | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | -3.4% | -9.4% |
| SBM | 2023-03-09 | [EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products, Explained \| FAIRR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36900-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-explained-fairr.md) | -3.6% | -9.1% |

## Sources

- opta-eu.org: https://opta-eu.org/policy-panel-eu-deforestation-free-regulation/

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