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\t\t\t<\/p>\nBrussels should avoid reopening the EU\u2019s anti-deforestation law, Commission Vice-President Teresa Ribera warned on Monday, pushing back against Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall\u2019s call to delay its rollout.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speaking at a press conference with Roswall, Ribera vowed to find the best solution to address concerns over the IT platform requiring companies to upload data proving their products are not tied to deforestation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she stressed the need to resolve the technical issue \u201cavoiding opening the regulation and [finding] other alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
The law, a world-first, would force companies to demonstrate that cocoa, coffee, palm oil, timber, rubber, and soybeans sold in the bloc in the bloc are not linked to forest clearance.<\/p>\n
Responding to whether Ribera feared that the legislation could be weakened as part of Brussels\u2019 \u201csimplification\u201d frenzy, she didn\u2019t want to give in to \u201cspeculation,\u201d but defended the EU\u2019s green agenda.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood if we can get the same goals in a simple manner, but better to ensure that goals are achieved,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Ever since she became the EU green transition chief, Ribera has been out as one of the most outspoken voices in Ursula von der Leyen\u2019s right-leaning college of commissioners.\u00a0<\/p>\n
EU set to propose new delay to anti-deforestation rules<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\tThe European Commission wants to push back the EU\u2019s anti-deforestation law once again, considering a\u2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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The remarks come after the shock announcement<\/a> last Tuesday, when Roswall said she was weighing a further one-year delay to the implementation of the rules, which had already been pushed back from 2024 to December this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Commissioner blamed it on technical woes, arguing that the IT system was still not fit for purpose, despite a year of trials. The official proposal to delay the law has not yet been put forward formally.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, MEPs and diplomats were quick to link it to Washington\u2019s influence<\/a>, as well as right-wing efforts<\/a> to weaken remaining legislation from the Green Deal era.\u00a0<\/p>\n While senior Commission officials rejected accusations of political interference, Roswall told reporters that she would discuss with MEPs and the Council \u201cthe different needs when it comes to simplification,\u201d and didn\u2019t rule out reopening the rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n