# EU adopts new rules for deforestation-free products | White & Case LLP

> The EU has adopted the EU Deforestation Regulation, which requires extensive due diligence, including plot geolocation, for cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood, and derived products. Products must be deforestation-free to be sold in or exported from the EU, and goods made before the regulation's entry into force are generally exempt, except timber.

- Date: 2023-05-19 · published 2023-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35970-eu-adopts-new-rules-for-deforestation-free-products-white-and-case-llp
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Soy and palm oil imports into the EU face new verification costs and possible sourcing disruption, which could divert flows and widen premiums for compliant supply. Feed buyers relying on EU-bound soy meal or oil may see tighter availability and firmer prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## 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 | 2023-01-01 | [Regulation on Deforestation-free Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38269-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | -1.0% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2023-05-16 | [Council adopts new rules to cut deforestation worldwide](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35969-council-adopts-new-rules-to-cut-deforestation-worldwide.md) | -4.2% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2024-04-02 | [EUDR: Navigating the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30768-eudr-navigating-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | -0.4% | -2.1% |
| SOY | 2024-03-28 | [The EU deforestation free-products regulation: a critical overview - EPICC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31224-the-eu-deforestation-free-products-regulation-a-critical-overview-epicc.md) | -1.0% | -2.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-05-03 | [EU Regulation on Deforestation-free products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35974-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +9.2% | +2.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-01-01 | [Regulation on Deforestation-free Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38269-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +4.8% | +1.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-05-16 | [Council adopts new rules to cut deforestation worldwide](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35969-council-adopts-new-rules-to-cut-deforestation-worldwide.md) | -1.7% | -7.8% |

## Sources

- whitecase.com: https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/eu-adopts-new-rules-deforestation-free-products

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