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At a recent event the First Counsellor for Environment, Climate Action and Digital cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam, Henriette Faergemann was reported by Kompas, an Indonesian national newspaper,as saying \u201cWe (the EC) are of the view that all of the sustainability certificates including the ISPO, RSPO, MSPO and SVLK can support forest and environmental sustainability but cannot replace the due diligence required by the EUDR\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that all sustainable certificates, including ISPO, RSPO, MSPO, and SVLK, can support forest and environmental sustainability, but they cannot replace the thorough testing required by EUDR\u201d said Faergemann. Faergemann is also reported as saying the EU Commission and Parliament does not have the mandate to verify sustainable certificates.<\/p>\n
In addition, the EU does not have sufficient resources to check all sustainable certificates from hundreds of countries.<\/p>\n
The EUDR mandates that seven commodities entering the EU market must not originate from land deforested or degraded forest land after December 31, 2020. The seven commodities are coffee, palm oil, cattle, soybeans, cocoa, wood, charcoal, and rubber, as well as derived or processed products such as meat, furniture, paper, leather, and chocolate.<\/p>\n
The regulation requires products to be certified through due diligence based on geolocation or based on satellite imagery and global positioning system (GPS) coordinates. Large companies have 18 months and small companies 24 months to comply with various requirements in the regulations that took effect on June 29, 2023.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At a recent event the First Counsellor for Environment, Climate Action and Digital cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam, Henriette Faergemann was reported by Kompas, an Indonesian national newspaper,as saying \u201cWe (the EC) are of … Continue reading