# Intense negotiations underway on EU “deforestation free” law | Forest Stewardship Council

> EU Council and Parliament are in intense negotiations on a final text of the law regulating products linked to deforestation and forest degradation. The law would replace the EUTR and extend due diligence to a wider set of forest-risk commodities.

- Date: 2022-05-24 · published 2022-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41418-intense-negotiations-underway-on-eu-deforestation-free-law-forest-stewardship
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A broader due diligence regime on soy, palm and other forest-risk commodities could raise compliance costs for EU-bound supply, with modest long-run upward pressure on EU prices for compliant product.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-02-22 | [Food companies under pressure to source deforestation-free products under new EU law \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37352-food-companies-under-pressure-to-source-deforestation-free-products-under-new.md) | -3.8% | -5.3% |
| SOY | 2025-05-22 | [EU brands just four countries as 'high risk' under deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24691-eu-brands-just-four-countries-as-high-risk-under-deforestation-law.md) | -1.0% | +0.5% |
| SOY | 2024-10-16 | [EU deforestation law: Council agrees to extend application timeline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27892-eu-deforestation-law-council-agrees-to-extend-application-timeline.md) | +0.1% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2024-07-10 | [New study on the unintended effects of the EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-free products - Clever](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29297-new-study-on-the-unintended-effects-of-the-eu-s-regulation-on-deforestation.md) | -6.1% | -11.5% |
| 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% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-30 | [Intense Negotiations Underway On EU "Deforestation-Free" Law.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41866-intense-negotiations-underway-on-eu-deforestation-free-law.md) | -2.0% | -1.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-02-22 | [Food companies under pressure to source deforestation-free products under new EU law \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37352-food-companies-under-pressure-to-source-deforestation-free-products-under-new.md) | +0.2% | -3.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-05-22 | [EU brands just four countries as 'high risk' under deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24691-eu-brands-just-four-countries-as-high-risk-under-deforestation-law.md) | -0.1% | +4.6% |

## Sources

- by.fsc.org: https://www.by.fsc.org/by-en/newsfeed/intense-negotiations-underway-on-eu-deforestation-free-law

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