16 Associations come together urging the European Commission to include the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in its 2025 simplification agenda. The joint statement was issued to the Commission on July 8.
16 associations from across a range of industrial sectors in the EU that believe they are unfairly affected by the regulation are urging the European Commission to include the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in its 2025 simplification agenda.
Cotance (European Confederation of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community) and the other associations state: “The EUDR, as it stands, is unworkable and it places a disproportionate burden on operators, creates legal uncertainty, and risks significant trade disruption.”
For the leather industry, Cotance states that simplification means:
Focussing on the main drivers of deforestation and freeing byproducts (such as hides and skins) from the EUDR scope, as these have a marginal to nil impact on deforestation and virtually no leverage to drive behaviour upstream in the supply chain.
Introducing a “no/negligible-risk country” classification to exempt operators from geolocation-based traceability burdens.
Due diligence statements only for those who first place concerned goods on the EU market.
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