UNIC president tips Tanning Tech audience off about new EUDR delay
Word of a possible new delay to the implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) spread quickly on the first morning of Tanning Tech exhibition in Milan.
At a formal opening event for the exhibition on September 23, a senior Italian member of the European Parliament, Francesco Torselli, was a special guest.
“I want to offer you a message of hope,” he told manufacturers of leather and leather and footwear machinery in the audience. “Even regulations that have seemed to be untouchable are being delayed and amended.”
When Mr Torselli had finished speaking, the president of Italy’s national tanning industry association, UNIC, Fabrizio Nuti, responded to the politician, saying: “Even as you were speaking, Francesco, I received a message to say the European Commission will propose a new delay on the implementation of EUDR.”
Mr Nuti said he was pleased to be able to give people in the leather sector “some good news”.
Image shows Francesco Torselli (left) in conversation with UNIC president, Fabrizio Nuti, at Tanning Tech in Milan in September 2025.
