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Environment Commissioner Roswell announced in late September that she was “considering a postponement of the entry into application of the EUDR, currently foreseen for 30 December 2025, for one year”. However, on 21 October a new Commission proposal was published and the 12 month delay is not suggested for all operators. The Commissioner emphasised that there was a need to make things easier for small and micro operators by giving them the one-year postponement but said there is a need for a “targeted proposal” to solve the IT problem and hence “no need” for the full year postponement for all operators.
The proposal says that for large and medium companies, “the date remains 30 December 2025 but …they will benefit from a grace period of six months for checks and enforcement”.
Further details here
The EU dependency on Third Countries for essential feed additives, in particular China, was previously not analysed in detail due to a lack of public data. With the support of its members, FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers Association, tried to fill the data gap and issued a study in September 2025 on EU vulnerability with regards to access to essential nutritional feed additives. The EU is hugely dependent on Third Countries for almost all of the vitamins and amino-acids it needs to feed animals. China holds an ultra-dominant position on the global market for these substances, and even a quasi-monopoly for some. This means that the EU feed and livestock sectors have very limited opportunities to diversify their sourcing.
For further detail see EU Vulnerability for Access to Essential Nutritional Feed Additives | FEFAC
