# EU told not to table law against palm oil

> Malaysia's Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok urged the European Commission not to table its delegated act to phase out palm oil in biofuels at the April European Parliament sitting. Malaysia has presented technical arguments to the EC, calling its methodology scientifically unsound.

- Date: 2019-03-14 · published 2019-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59953-eu-told-not-to-table-law-against-palm-oil
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A possible EU phase-out of palm-based biofuel would cut a major demand outlet for palm oil, so the outcome of the April vote is a key risk for palm prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2020-07-13 | [Indonesia Imposes Biodiesel Program to Fight Smear Campaign Against Palm Oil in EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51976-indonesia-imposes-biodiesel-program-to-fight-smear-campaign-against-palm-oil-in.md) | +5.2% | +16.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-01-10 | [EU palm oil imports continue to decline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26537-eu-palm-oil-imports-continue-to-decline.md) | +0.7% | +5.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-02-11 | [EU to tighten palm oil for biofuels rules](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60633-eu-to-tighten-palm-oil-for-biofuels-rules.md) | -1.4% | -7.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-05-28 | [Malaysia to escalate EU palm oil dispute at WTO \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46981-malaysia-to-escalate-eu-palm-oil-dispute-at-wto-malay-mail.md) | -1.7% | -12.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-12-15 | [Palm oil, EU remains confident despite Jakarta's complaint to WTO \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55612-palm-oil-eu-remains-confident-despite-jakarta-s-complaint-to-wto-agence-europe.md) | +0.8% | +8.9% |

## Sources

- themalaysianreserve.com: https://themalaysianreserve.com/2019/03/14/eu-told-not-to-table-law-against-palm-oil/

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