The bill is set to enter into force at the end of 2024, but has now to be renegotiated with member states. A right wing majority pushed for amendments to weaken the provisions, in a contested vote.
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00:00The European Parliament voted to postpone and water down the deforestation law, which
00:07imposes regulations on traders importing certain raw materials into Europe.
00:13Under the proposed law, products such as cocoa, coffee, beef and soy should not come from
00:18deforested land and importers must be able to guarantee their traceability.
00:24The legislation was proposed by the European Commission to break the link between European
00:29demand and global deforestation.
00:33The law was approved in 2023 and it was expected to come into effect in December of this year.
00:40But the European Commission has now proposed a 12-month delay until December 2025 and said
00:46the delay would act as a phasing-in period.
00:50EU countries quickly endorsed the Commission's proposal and while the Parliament has now
00:55followed suit, they also approved eight new amendments to the text which now has to be
00:59approved by the Council of the European Union.