# Article - Fern

> Fern published a discussion paper examining what the EU can learn from its regulation of illegal timber, conflict minerals and illegal fishing. The paper is intended to inform new EU measures on forest-risk commodities such as soy, palm oil, beef, leather and cocoa.

- Date: 2016-11-25 · published 2016-11-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73860-article-fern
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Possible EU rules on deforestation-linked soy and palm oil could eventually restrict supply or add compliance costs for feed-relevant oilseed and meal trade, but the paper is advocacy with no immediate policy decision.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-08-29 | [Article - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57630-article-fern.md) | -0.4% | +4.2% |
| SOY | 2021-12-07 | [Article - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43615-article-fern.md) | -1.4% | +9.3% |
| SOY | 2017-04-07 | [Article - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71525-article-fern.md) | +1.5% | +2.3% |
| SOY | 2024-08-29 | [Article - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28800-article-fern.md) | +5.2% | +8.6% |
| SOY | 2018-07-11 | [Article - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64063-article-fern.md) | -1.5% | +4.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-10-20 | [Article - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68517-article-fern.md) | +1.0% | +2.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-12-07 | [Article - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43615-article-fern.md) | +1.0% | +5.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-08-29 | [Article - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28800-article-fern.md) | +4.8% | +7.6% |

## Sources

- fern.org: https://www.fern.org/publications-insight/article/developing-eu-measures-to-address-forest-risk-commodities-what-can-be-learned-from-eu-regulation-of-other-sectors-314/

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