# Combating imported deforestation in EU, Christophe Hansen caught between ambition and pragmatism | AGENCE EUROPE

> MEP Christophe Hansen, rapporteur, presented a draft report to the Environment Committee on 20 April proposing to simplify the EU deforestation regulation and add rubber and palm oil products. Other groups argued for higher ambition.

- Date: 2022-04-21 · published 2022-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41865-combating-imported-deforestation-in-eu-christophe-hansen-caught-between
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Extending scope to palm oil and possibly other commodities raises compliance costs for EU imports, a mildly bullish factor for non-deforestation-linked vegoils and a bearish one for suppliers facing exclusion.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2025-05-21 | [Regulation on ‘imported deforestation’ - Belarus, Myanmar, North Korea and Russia present significant risks \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24695-regulation-on-imported-deforestation-belarus-myanmar-north-korea-and-russia.md) | +0.0% | +4.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-10-20 | [Broad consensus in European Parliament to call for a binding legal framework to fight deforestation driven by EU commodity imports \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50660-broad-consensus-in-european-parliament-to-call-for-a-binding-legal-framework-to.md) | +2.7% | +15.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-10-20 | [Future rules against imported deforestation in EU, Greens/EFA Group reiterates European Parliament’s expectations \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44587-future-rules-against-imported-deforestation-in-eu-greens-efa-group-reiterates.md) | +0.5% | -0.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-07-01 | [Fight against EU-induced deforestation requires a duty of care, according to draft ‘Burkhardt report’ \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52141-fight-against-eu-induced-deforestation-requires-a-duty-of-care-according-to.md) | +0.6% | +7.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-02-13 | [European Parliament calls for rules to end imported deforestation - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54635-european-parliament-calls-for-rules-to-end-imported-deforestation-fern.md) | -2.8% | -16.7% |
| SBM | 2020-06-18 | [Deforestation in Amazon, MEPs call on EU not to be complicit in it \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52640-deforestation-in-amazon-meps-call-on-eu-not-to-be-complicit-in-it-agence-europe.md) | -0.4% | -0.3% |
| SBM | 2021-09-16 | [Delara Burkhardt fears lack of ambition in future European law against global deforestation imported into EU \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45101-delara-burkhardt-fears-lack-of-ambition-in-future-european-law-against-global.md) | +0.8% | -5.1% |
| SBM | 2020-07-01 | [Fight against EU-induced deforestation requires a duty of care, according to draft ‘Burkhardt report’ \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52141-fight-against-eu-induced-deforestation-requires-a-duty-of-care-according-to.md) | +1.9% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- agenceurope.eu: https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/12937/10/combating-imported-deforestation-in-eu-christophe-hansen-caught-between-ambition-and-pragmatism

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