Has the deforestation regulation been postponed, and until when?

Yes, the EUDR has been postponed to later dates

Yes, the European Deforestation Regulation has been postponed. This postponement is laid down in Regulation (EU) 2025/2650, which shifts earlier entry dates and at the same time simplifies a number of obligations. There is no single new date that applies to everyone: as with the original regulation, the moment when obligations take effect depends on your role in the supply chain (operator or trader) and the size of your business, in combination with the product in question.

For anyone wanting to know which date specifically applies, it is therefore necessary to first establish your own role and product stream, and only then look up the corresponding date. The text of Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 itself, and the European Commission's guidance on its page on deforestation-free products, provide the most up-to-date overview for this. Anyone who uses the role check on this platform to map out their own role and product stream will receive the corresponding entry date, without any date being mentioned that is not linked to that specific combination.

What this is based on

The postponement and simplification follow from Regulation (EU) 2025/2650, which amends Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on this point; the European Commission provides an ongoing overview on its page on deforestation-free products of the current state of affairs regarding the application of the regulation.