# Contemplating deforestation | reuschlaw News

> A law firm analysis outlines the European Commission's November 2021 proposal regulating deforestation-linked commodities, covering cattle, soy, palm oil, cocoa, coffee and wood plus derived products. The regulation would be applied directly across member states.

- Date: 2022-03-15 · published 2022-03-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42301-contemplating-deforestation-reuschlaw-news
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Covering soy and cattle inputs, the regime could raise compliance costs for EU imports of soybean meal and beef-related products, marginally affecting feed supply chains.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-04-16 | [EU eases deforestation law reporting for companies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25148-eu-eases-deforestation-law-reporting-for-companies.md) | -1.0% | -3.3% |
| SBM | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | -3.4% | -9.4% |
| SBM | 2023-08-22 | [EU Adopts New Regulation To Reduce Global Deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34614-eu-adopts-new-regulation-to-reduce-global-deforestation.md) | +3.5% | -4.2% |
| SBM | 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) | -3.9% | -2.8% |
| SBM | 2022-03-29 | [Report evaluates anti-deforestation regulations - STTC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42302-report-evaluates-anti-deforestation-regulations-sttc.md) | -4.4% | -6.6% |
| SOY | 2025-04-16 | [EU eases deforestation law reporting for companies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25148-eu-eases-deforestation-law-reporting-for-companies.md) | +0.4% | +3.0% |
| SOY | 2024-08-01 | [EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29296-eu-deforestation-regulation-eudr.md) | -0.8% | -6.8% |
| SOY | 2026-10-29 | [EU Deforestation Regulation: preparing for compliance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17130-eu-deforestation-regulation-preparing-for-compliance.md) | -1.5% | — |

## Sources

- reuschlaw.de: https://www.reuschlaw.de/en/news/contemplating-deforestation-the-eus-proposal-in-favour-of-deforestation-free-global-supply-chains/

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