# Our Response to the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products | Rainforest Alliance

> The Rainforest Alliance welcomed the European Commission's proposal on deforestation-free products while urging changes to align it with existing initiatives and better address producer communities. Its white paper lists recommendations for strengthening the proposal and producer-country partnerships.

- Date: 2022-05-10 · published 2022-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41423-our-response-to-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-rainforest
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Advocacy for changes to the definitions could alter which commodities and origins face EU restrictions, affecting future palm and soy trade flows but with no immediate price effect.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2025-02-06 | [EUDR Regulation on Deforestation-free Products \| GA-Alliance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26072-eudr-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-ga-alliance.md) | +4.4% | +3.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-03-17 | [EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products - Proforest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42304-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-proforest.md) | -0.2% | -6.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-07-24 | [Rainforest Alliance Response to EU Communication on Deforestation \| Rainforest Alliance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58119-rainforest-alliance-response-to-eu-communication-on-deforestation-rainforest.md) | +0.5% | +7.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-08-29 | [The EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) \| Crowe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28802-the-eu-s-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-eudr-crowe.md) | +4.8% | +7.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-05-19 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41417-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | +1.4% | -7.4% |
| SOY | 2025-02-06 | [EUDR Regulation on Deforestation-free Products \| GA-Alliance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26072-eudr-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-ga-alliance.md) | -2.8% | -4.1% |
| 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 | 2019-07-24 | [Rainforest Alliance Response to EU Communication on Deforestation \| Rainforest Alliance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58119-rainforest-alliance-response-to-eu-communication-on-deforestation-rainforest.md) | -0.8% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- rainforest-alliance.org: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/our-response-to-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products/

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