Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders
Decision
The European Parliament approved requests for an urgent decision under Rule 170(6) submitted by the PPE Group and the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Security regarding the Commission proposal COM(2025)0652 (C10-0263/2025, 2025/0329(COD)). The request was approved and the procedure requires a majority of the votes cast.
What Changes
Parliament set tabling deadlines for the file: amendments were to be tabled by Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 13:00 and requests for separate votes and split votes by Friday 21 November 2025 at 12:00. A plenary vote was scheduled to take place at a later part-session and detailed voting results were recorded and later updated on 19 March 2026.
Who Is Affected
The measure concerns the proposed Deforestation Regulation and the operators and traders referenced in that proposal, and involves parliamentary actors handling the file including the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Security and the PPE Group.
Sources
Official Documents
- Thursday, 13 November 2025 - Brussels The EP approved the urgent decision request for the Deforestation Regulation under Rule 170(6).
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