Nová legislativa EU v rámci boje s odlesňováním – aktualizované pokyny

A Commission notice on guidelines related to the regulation to combat deforestation has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Publication of the updated guidelines follows a series of accompanying, supporting, and interpretative materials that we informed you about in an earlier episode of our series.

The core ideas remain consistent with the previous version of the document. The guidelines, like their earlier version, include examples demonstrating application of the regulation to specific situations, as well as examples of compliance and non-compliance with due diligence requirements, which can assist in properly grasping the fundamental concepts of applying the rules under the regulation in practice. The guidelines are also available in Czech.

However, some issues covered in other supporting materials, the Commission’s stance to which recently sparked a debate about the interpretative approach to the text of the regulation itself, are avoided in the guidelines. Nevertheless, they provide another important piece to the puzzle of the often very challenging preparation for fulfilling the extensive obligations anticipated by the regulation.

We kindly remind you that for many businesses the applicability of the regulation will come later this year. Appropriate and timely preparation is the key to properly setting up the complex processes necessary for compliance with the regulation's requirements.

Authors:
Jakub Kašuba
Veronika Juhasová