{"id":97717,"date":"2025-10-01T21:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97717\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T21:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:12:18","slug":"dont-abandon-forest-law-over-it-problem-ribera-urges-commission-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97717\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t abandon forest law over IT problem,\u00a0Ribera urges Commission \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think that it is very controversial to give it up,\u201d Ribera said. \u201cThe intention behind this regulation was to provide a better understanding on where and how the deforestation could be connected to our consumption &#8230; And I think this goal remains.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She raised fears that businesses that had invested in compliance would be left out of pocket and disadvantaged.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there are difficulties, we have to solve those difficulties,\u201d she said. And ensure that \u201cthose that have already taken the steps forwards, those that rely on the Commission and those that trust that our regulation is to be implemented do not feel deceived.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It may be too late for that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7586853-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7233219\"  \/>EPP backs delaying the deforestation law and the removal of \u201cunnecessary documentation requirements\u201d for European forestry and businesses.\u00a0| Clemens Bilan\/EPA<\/p>\n<p>The European Tyre &amp; Rubber Manufacturers\u2019 Association (ETRMA) is \u201cconcerned\u201d by the Commission\u2019s intention to postpone the law, said Secretary General Adam McCarthy, as it risks \u201cprolonging uncertainty for operators who have prepared in good faith and are looking forward to demonstrating their commitment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The body also pointed out that many industry groups last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etrma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Letter-to-Commission-President-Von-der-Leyen-EUDR-Information-System.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">urged<\/a> the Commission to carry out more tests on the system\u00a0and were reassured that it would be able to cope.<\/p>\n<p>While ETRMA acknowledged that it had no visibility on the full extent of the system\u2019s outreach, the body noted substantial challenges in the IT system on their own\u00a0\u201cwould not justify delaying the regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roswall told POLITICO she was coordinating with Ribera and other commissioners &#8220;on the way forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI think that it is very controversial to give it up,\u201d Ribera said. \u201cThe intention behind this regulation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269],"tags":[1043,6930,3071,6470,18,440,18295,5009,19,31763,4286,17,57667,9951,20531,11994,62507,133,40784,8629,1997,4894],"class_list":{"0":"post-97717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-beef","9":"tag-companies","10":"tag-department","11":"tag-due-diligence","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-environment","14":"tag-farmers","15":"tag-forestry","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-imports","18":"tag-industry","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-jessika-roswall","21":"tag-oil","22":"tag-palm-oil","23":"tag-regulation","24":"tag-sabine-weyand","25":"tag-science","26":"tag-supply-chains","27":"tag-teresa-ribera","28":"tag-trade","29":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}