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‘Massive uncertainty’: Berlin criticizes the EPP’s EUDR amendments sharply

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Published: November 19th, 2024,
Last updated: November 23rd, 2024

The German government supports the postponement of the EU regulation for deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR), said Özdemir. However, the Federal Minister of Agriculture showed no understanding for the EPP’s amendments.

According to Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir, the German government has not reached an agreed position on the amendments to the EU regulation for deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR). The German government supports the postponement of the rules, as does the Council as a whole, said Özdemir on the margins of the EU Agriculture Council on Monday. However, the substantive changes to the introduction of a new risk category for producer countries, which the Parliament had recently voted in favor of, were still being looked at until the meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday.

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EVP Climate & Environment Environmental policy Cem Özdemir Entwaldung Deforestation