A proposal from Austria that the European Commission should postpone the entry into application of the new European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is gaining support from other member states.

EUDR is part of a wider commitment to making EU supply chains more environmentally responsible, which is the aim of the programme commonly known as the Green Deal. The intention behind EUDR is to show that products from seven commodities coming into the EU marketplace have played no part in driving deforestation. The commodities it affects are cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soya, wood and cattle. 

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