Officials from leading exporters of affected commodities—including Brazil, Indonesia and the Ivory Coast—object to the EU's regulation.

The EUDR, which will require that any company that sells a product containing wood in the European Union prove that its source tree was not cut down in a deforested region, is likely to take effect next December,

The Commission published guidance documents to the regulation and proposed to postpone its entry into application to 30 December 2025.