# Intense Negotiations Underway On EU "Deforestation-Free" Law.

> EU Council and Parliament continue negotiating a final text of the deforestation-free law, which would replace the EUTR and extend due diligence to more forest-risk commodities. The law would prohibit products linked to deforestation or forest degradation.

- Date: 2022-04-30 · published 2022-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41866-intense-negotiations-underway-on-eu-deforestation-free-law
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter traceability requirements on soy and palm oil could segregate supply and raise import costs, supporting EU vegoil and meal premiums over non-compliant origins.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SBO: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 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) | -2.2% | -7.2% |
| SBM | 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) | -9.3% | -6.5% |
| SBM | 2018-03-21 | [On UN Forests Day, new studies put EU in position to take action on deforestation - EIA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66018-on-un-forests-day-new-studies-put-eu-in-position-to-take-action-on.md) | +3.0% | +4.1% |
| SBM | 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% | -3.0% |
| SBM | 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) | -3.5% | -5.8% |
| SBO | 2022-05-24 | [Palm oil industry seeks delay to deforestation law - Unearthed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41421-palm-oil-industry-seeks-delay-to-deforestation-law-unearthed.md) | -2.0% | -12.6% |
| SBO | 2025-08-12 | [Commission Notice – Guidance Document for Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on Deforestation-Free Products - Publications Office of the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23340-commission-notice-guidance-document-for-regulation-eu-2023-1115-on.md) | -0.0% | -3.2% |
| SBO | 2019-07-05 | [EPA Proposes Renewable Volume Obligations for 2020 On Track to Meet Statutory Deadline \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57955-epa-proposes-renewable-volume-obligations-for-2020-on-track-to-meet-statutory.md) | +0.2% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- forestindustries.info: https://forestindustries.info/intense-negotiations-underway-on-eu-deforestation-free-law-itto-european-market-report-30th-april-2022

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