# The EU’s Game-Changing Law to Fight Global Deforestation | Earth.Org

> Earth.Org summarizes the EU law to fight global deforestation, agreed on 6 December 2022 and not yet formally adopted. Companies must prove that products such as palm oil, cattle, soy, coffee, cocoa, wood, and rubber did not contribute to deforestation after 31 December 2020 and are legal. The article is a general explainer.

- Date: 2023-01-04 · published 2023-01-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37817-the-eu-s-game-changing-law-to-fight-global-deforestation-earth-org
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Proof-of-origin requirements add compliance costs for exporters of key feed-linked commodities such as soy and cattle products. This may slightly reduce EU import demand from non-compliant regions.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2022-10-01 | [Editorial: Towards Reducing the EU’s Global Deforestation Footprint?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39166-editorial-towards-reducing-the-eu-s-global-deforestation-footprint.md) | +0.2% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2022-03-21 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products – Global Canopy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42305-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-global-canopy.md) | +2.5% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2024-12-01 | [EU lawmakers seek change to deforestation law and approve delay](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27445-eu-lawmakers-seek-change-to-deforestation-law-and-approve-delay.md) | +0.4% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2025-05-13 | [Beyond the Forest: Navigating the EU’s Deforestation Rules \| Global Financial Regulatory Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24696-beyond-the-forest-navigating-the-eu-s-deforestation-rules-global-financial.md) | -1.4% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2021-12-23 | [The EU has a new deforestation law: here’s what it means \| ClientEarth](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43616-the-eu-has-a-new-deforestation-law-here-s-what-it-means-clientearth.md) | -0.1% | +6.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-09-01 | [Global impact of the EU’s anti-deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34617-global-impact-of-the-eu-s-anti-deforestation-law.md) | -4.5% | -7.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-10-01 | [Editorial: Towards Reducing the EU’s Global Deforestation Footprint?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39166-editorial-towards-reducing-the-eu-s-global-deforestation-footprint.md) | +0.7% | +1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-12-01 | [EU lawmakers seek change to deforestation law and approve delay](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27445-eu-lawmakers-seek-change-to-deforestation-law-and-approve-delay.md) | +2.8% | -3.1% |

## Sources

- earth.org: https://earth.org/eu-global-deforestation/

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