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Deforestation: Parliament votes for fast-track procedure

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Published: October 24th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The new EU rules against deforestation are not due to take effect until December 2025.

The next hurdle on the way to postponing the EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR) has been cleared. On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted by a large majority in favor of using the urgency procedure, in which the plenary votes directly instead of the responsible committee first. A majority is also expected in the vote on the proposal itself, which is scheduled for the plenary session on Nov. 13 and 14.

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