# Deforestation-free supply chains - Bundestag passes law against deforestation, violations could bring up to ten years in prison

> The German Bundestag passed a law implementing the EU Deforestation Regulation. Companies trading cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soy, rubber, wood or cattle must show that their raw materials did not come from land deforested after December 31, 2020. Violations can bring prison sentences and fines of up to 4% of EU-wide annual turnover.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-13T18:17:06.874Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/98185-deforestation-free-supply-chains-bundestag-passes-law-against-deforestation
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Compliance costs and due-diligence requirements may tighten supply of traceable soy and palm oil into Germany and the EU, which could support prices for certified material over non-compliant volumes.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2020-04-20 | [Round tables to inform deforestation-free supply chain policy - STTC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53659-round-tables-to-inform-deforestation-free-supply-chain-policy-sttc.md) | -0.0% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2024-06-25 | [Ensuring deforestation-free supply chains: The new EU regulation - EFS Consulting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29775-ensuring-deforestation-free-supply-chains-the-new-eu-regulation-efs-consulting.md) | -1.3% | -4.9% |
| SOY | 2023-12-18 | [Deforestation-free supply chains: Information System pilot testing begins today - Environment](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32714-deforestation-free-supply-chains-information-system-pilot-testing-begins-today.md) | -1.2% | -8.4% |
| SOY | 2021-11-17 | [Landmark EU anti-deforestation law proposal could clean up supply chains; could it also reduce global deforestation? - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44104-landmark-eu-anti-deforestation-law-proposal-could-clean-up-supply-chains-could.md) | +1.7% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2024-01-15 | [Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains – 12 months left](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32132-regulation-on-deforestation-free-supply-chains-12-months-left.md) | +1.5% | -1.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-04-20 | [Round tables to inform deforestation-free supply chain policy - STTC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53659-round-tables-to-inform-deforestation-free-supply-chain-policy-sttc.md) | -2.6% | -9.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-12-18 | [Deforestation-free supply chains: Information System pilot testing begins today - Environment](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32714-deforestation-free-supply-chains-information-system-pilot-testing-begins-today.md) | +0.6% | +1.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-11-17 | [Landmark EU anti-deforestation law proposal could clean up supply chains; could it also reduce global deforestation? - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44104-landmark-eu-anti-deforestation-law-proposal-could-clean-up-supply-chains-could.md) | +0.8% | -9.2% |

## Sources

- lebensmittelpraxis.de: http://lebensmittelpraxis.de/industrie-aktuell/sortiment/50339-entwaldungsfreie-lieferketten-bundestag-beschliesst-gesetz-gegen-entwaldung-bei-verstoessen-drohen-bis-zu-zehn-jahre-haft.html

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