EU: Companies, NGOs and multi-stakeholder organisations urge Commission not to reopen EUDR for a third time before its actual application
Call on European Commission not to reopen EU Deforestation Regulation at conclusion of review, 17 March 2026
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The undersigned companies, non-governmental and multi-stakeholder organisations wish to encourage you to oppose any proposals to reopen the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) at the conclusion of the review being conducted by the Commission, scheduled to report in April.
The company signatories to this letter, together with their value chain partners, including smallholder farmers, have been actively preparing for and investing in compliance with the provisions of the EUDR, which we have consistently supported. These efforts have been made in good faith that the European legislative framework and timeline were reliable. Many producer countries, similarly, have made significant investments in measures, such as national traceability systems, designed to meet the requirements of the EUDR and to keep smallholder farmers connected to EU markets. If the regulation is reopened yet again after the April review – for a third time before its application – all these investments will be put at risk. Reopening the regulation would introduce considerable uncertainty. As the two previous reopenings have shown, the outcome of such a political process is unforeseeable...
The future prosperity of EU consumers and businesses, and farmers overseas, rests on sustainable and secure supply chains. Deforestation, climate change, and human rights abuses put at risk the future of many of the agricultural commodities covered by the EUDR. The regulation represents an innovative effort to address these problems, building on previous experience with the EU Timber Regulation...
We therefore encourage you to support an outcome of the April review that focuses on timely and effective implementation, to ensure that the EUDR can function in a proportionate, inclusive and legally certain manner. No further amendment is needed. Please do not reward companies that have not invested in time, even after two delays. Please oppose any reopening of the EUDR to further negotiation.