# Industry groups still find fault with proposed EU deforestation law

> EU feed, grain and oilseed trade groups welcomed some changes the Council made to the draft deforestation regulation. They still warn that certain provisions would distort trade as currently written. The Council adopted its negotiating position on the proposal this week.

- Date: 2022-06-30 · published 2022-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40968-industry-groups-still-find-fault-with-proposed-eu-deforestation-law
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Trade groups arguing the rules distort trade suggests possible changes to how feed and oilseed imports are handled in the EU. The effect on prices depends on how the final text is negotiated.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2022-03-08 | [EU’s deforestation-free regulatory proposal sparks intense debate - Timber Industry News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42300-eu-s-deforestation-free-regulatory-proposal-sparks-intense-debate-timber.md) | +0.8% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2025-11-12 | [Soy giants quietly prepare for EU deforestation law; impacts still uncertain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21986-soy-giants-quietly-prepare-for-eu-deforestation-law-impacts-still-uncertain.md) | +3.6% | -2.0% |
| SOY | 2021-12-13 | [The proposed EU law on deforestation-free products: what does it include and what is left out? \| ClientEarth](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43611-the-proposed-eu-law-on-deforestation-free-products-what-does-it-include-and.md) | +1.4% | +8.4% |
| SOY | 2020-04-27 | [Sustainable Palm Oil, in line with European proposals against imported deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53663-sustainable-palm-oil-in-line-with-european-proposals-against-imported.md) | +1.8% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2021-05-06 | [EU must show ambitious action in proposed new law to tackle the bloc’s deforestation footprint - EIA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47102-eu-must-show-ambitious-action-in-proposed-new-law-to-tackle-the-bloc-s.md) | +5.0% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2018-04-09 | [New laws are best way for EU to tackle deforestation \| ClientEarth](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65522-new-laws-are-best-way-for-eu-to-tackle-deforestation-clientearth.md) | -0.2% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 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) | +2.1% | +15.0% |
| CORN | 2019-10-15 | [Supplemental Proposed Rule: It Does Account for SREs…But with a Loophole? - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56441-supplemental-proposed-rule-it-does-account-for-sres-but-with-a-loophole.md) | -2.0% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- agnavigator.com: https://www.agnavigator.com/Article/2022/06/30/industry-groups-still-find-fault-with-proposed-eu-deforestation-law/

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