On Thursday 30 October IGFA wrote to Agriculture Minister Heydon and Environment Minister O’Brien calling on them to support a 12 month postponement of the implementation of the EUDR. The letter highlights our concerns over the ongoing changes to the implementation dates and the total lack of consideration/recognition of the impact on feed businesses. IGFA has urgently requested that the Irish government considers its position on this matter and demands a full 12 -month postponement of the EUDR implementation date in order to avoid the very real and damaging impacts on the market. IGFA will also write to MEPs outlining our concerns and calling on them to support a postponement of 12 months so that the Commission, industry and customers can prepare for this new legislation.
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Environment Commissioner Roswell announced in late September that she was “considering a postponement of the entry into application of the EUDR, currently foreseen for 30 December 2025, for one year”. However, on 21 October a new Commission proposal was published and the 12 month delay is not suggested for all operators. The Commissioner emphasised that there was a need to make things easier for small and micro operators by giving them the one-year postponement but said there is a need for a “targeted proposal” to solve the IT problem and hence “no need” for the full year postponement for all operators.
The proposal says that for large and medium companies, “the date remains 30 December 2025 but …they will benefit from a grace period of six months for checks and enforcement”.
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