A broad coalition of EU member states and stakeholders from the farming and forestry sectors is urging the European Commission to revise and simplify the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), citing disproportionate administrative burdens and legal uncertainties, especially in countries with negligible deforestation risk. Eighteen EU countries, including Italy, Sweden, Finland, Poland, and Romania, have jointly sent a letter to the Commission, calling for the regulation to be included in the EU’s ongoing simplification agenda. The signatories acknowledge the EUDR as a key instrument in global forest protection, but warn that in its current form, it imposes excessive obligations ...