# REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation | A9-0179/2020 | European Parliament

> The European Parliament's Environment Committee report A9-0179/2020, by rapporteur Delara Burkhardt, recommends an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation. It proposes mandatory due diligence and sanctions for companies placing high-risk commodities on the EU market. The text is a committee report ahead of plenary votes.

- Date: 2020-07-20 · published 2020-07-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52139-report-with-recommendations-to-the-commission-on-an-eu-legal-framework-to-halt
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Mandatory due diligence for soy, palm oil, beef and other forest-risk commodities could raise compliance costs and reshape sourcing from Brazil and Southeast Asia over time, but no binding rules exist yet.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2018-03-22 | [#ClientEarth: Two new Commission studies pave the way for EU action on deforestation - EU Reporter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66019-clientearth-two-new-commission-studies-pave-the-way-for-eu-action-on.md) | +1.9% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 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) | +0.8% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 2018-03-20 | [Greenpeace urges EU to do more to halt palm-oil driven deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66023-greenpeace-urges-eu-to-do-more-to-halt-palm-oil-driven-deforestation.md) | +4.6% | +6.3% |
| SBM | 2021-05-17 | [Letter to European Commission on Land Rights in FERCs Regulation Proposal \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47103-letter-to-european-commission-on-land-rights-in-fercs-regulation-proposal-human.md) | -5.5% | -9.5% |
| SBM | 2025-06-08 | [European Commission released EU Deforestation country classifications \| Due Diligence Design](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24244-european-commission-released-eu-deforestation-country-classifications-due.md) | -1.2% | -9.3% |
| 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 | 2020-10-01 | [Binding legislation needed to stop EU-driven global deforestation, say MEPs \| News \| European Parliament](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50657-binding-legislation-needed-to-stop-eu-driven-global-deforestation-say-meps-news.md) | -1.1% | +1.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-05-04 | [REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Simplification review on the Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation (EUDR) - Publications Office of the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19283-report-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-and-the-council.md) | +0.1% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- europarl.europa.eu: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2020-0179_EN.html

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