At the end of the year, the EU will ban products associated with the destruction of forests. The hopes of many importers, who had hoped that the so-called EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) could still spare selected exporting countries, ended last weekend.
A long EU list based on customs numbers reveals which products are ultimately affected by the regulation. “Chocolate and pure cocoa powder are covered, for example, but not cookies baked with cocoa butter,” explains Thomas Uhlig, Partner at KPMG Law, in a Handelsblatt article on the complicated rules. “Tires and inner tubes are affected as rubber products. However, the regulation does not currently apply to the end product car or bicycle itself.”
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