# Palm Oil Monitor Special Edition: Analysis of Europe’s Delegated Act - Palm Oil Monitor

> The EU released a draft Delegated Act under the Renewable Energy Directive, opening a four-week consultation. It sets a 2019 start, freezes high-risk biofuel use until 2023 and phases it to zero thereafter, and identifies palm oil expansion since 2008 as 45% forest-linked.

- Date: 2019-02-18 · published 2019-02-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60623-palm-oil-monitor-special-edition-analysis-of-europe-s-delegated-act-palm-oil
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Palm oil used in EU road fuel faces a phase-out path, reducing a major biodiesel outlet and weighing on palm and soy oil demand and prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-01-07 | [Is Brussels Preparing to Delay Palm Oil Delegated Act? - Palm Oil Monitor](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61116-is-brussels-preparing-to-delay-palm-oil-delegated-act-palm-oil-monitor.md) | +0.8% | +7.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-03-08 | [MEPs call for measures to stem deforestation for palm oil \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72015-meps-call-for-measures-to-stem-deforestation-for-palm-oil-agence-europe.md) | -2.6% | -7.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-09-10 | [How Europe can get rid of its palm oil ‘monster’](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63053-how-europe-can-get-rid-of-its-palm-oil-monster.md) | -1.2% | -2.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-11-23 | [Palm Oil News - Palm Oil Sues European Union](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56090-palm-oil-news-palm-oil-sues-european-union.md) | +3.4% | +9.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-02 | [Palm Oil Monitor Weekly Update - 2nd April 2019 - Palm Oil Monitor](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59476-palm-oil-monitor-weekly-update-2nd-april-2019-palm-oil-monitor.md) | +3.4% | +1.5% |
| SBO | 2019-06-14 | [EU biofuel ruling hits prices of palm and coconut oil \| Analysis & Features \| The Grocer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58690-eu-biofuel-ruling-hits-prices-of-palm-and-coconut-oil-analysis-and-features-the.md) | +2.0% | +0.3% |
| SBO | 2017-12-08 | [Palm Oil News - IV Commission, Indonesian Legislators: Palm Oil Resolution, The Ways of Europe to Damage Indonesia from back side](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67490-palm-oil-news-iv-commission-indonesian-legislators-palm-oil-resolution-the-ways.md) | -0.7% | +0.5% |
| SBO | 2025-11-05 | [Palm oil drops $50/mt on B50 doubts and weak demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4443-palm-oil-drops-50-mt-on-b50-doubts-and-weak-demand.md) | +1.9% | +4.5% |

## Sources

- palmoilmonitor.org: https://palmoilmonitor.org/2019/02/18/the-red-delegated-act-an-analysis/

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