"If we don't reach an agreement, the current EUDR will enter into application on 30/12/2025" (J. Roswall)

On 05/11/2025, during the Environment Council in Brussels, Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water, Resilience and a Competitive Circular, refused to simplify and to postpone the date of entry into force of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), as it had been requested by Austria on 31/10/2025.

"Economic operators expect urgent clarity and predictability, both on the content and on the timing of the law. It is time that we make and take the decisions and provide real simplification here and now. When it comes to substance of simplification, you ask for concrete simplification measures. Our proposal goes quite a long way in exactly that direction", answered Jessika Roswall to Norbert Totschnig, Austrian Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management on 05/11/2025 in Brussels.

The Commission’s proposal on EUDR aims to reduce the data load for ensuring that IT systems will have a stable functioning. It is due to enter into force on 30/12/2026 for small and micro-enterprises (SMEs). Controls and checks by…