# Support solidifies for an EU Due Diligence Regulation - Fern

> NGOs and chairs of three European Parliament committees called on 5 November 2019 for an EU-wide due diligence regulation to curb deforestation and rights abuses in imported supply chains. Debate focused on whether the law should include labels, value-chain measures, or market access restrictions.

- Date: 2019-11-13 · published 2019-11-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56085-support-solidifies-for-an-eu-due-diligence-regulation-fern
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A future EU due diligence rule could raise compliance costs and restrict imports of commodities linked to deforestation, such as soy and palm oil, but no law has been adopted, so the near-term price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2021-01-23 | [Deforestation in Supply Chains: Focus on Due Diligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49161-deforestation-in-supply-chains-focus-on-due-diligence.md) | +1.8% | +0.9% |
| 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% |
| SBM | 2021-01-10 | [WWF and Trase report on EU deforestation footprint mobilises support for EUDR - Impact stories - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49160-wwf-and-trase-report-on-eu-deforestation-footprint-mobilises-support-for-eudr.md) | +4.0% | -0.7% |
| SBM | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | -3.4% | -9.4% |
| 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 | 2021-02-09 | [Enforcing a Due Diligence based regulation for forest risk commodities - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48665-enforcing-a-due-diligence-based-regulation-for-forest-risk-commodities-fern.md) | +5.9% | +12.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-01-23 | [Deforestation in Supply Chains: Focus on Due Diligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49161-deforestation-in-supply-chains-focus-on-due-diligence.md) | +0.3% | -0.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-02-06 | [EU Commission and Member States consolidate support for the FLEGT Action plan - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72509-eu-commission-and-member-states-consolidate-support-for-the-flegt-action-plan.md) | +0.1% | -6.1% |

## Sources

- fern.org: https://www.fern.org/id/publications-insight/article/support-solidifies-for-an-eu-due-diligence-regulation-2052/

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