Act on the Reorganization of the Law on Deforestation-Free Products and the Implementation of Certain Provisions of Directive (EU) 2024/1203 on the Criminal-Law Protection of the Environment

1. Introduced
2. CommitteeBeschlussempfehlung und Bericht (Empfehlung: Annahme der Vorlage in Ausschussfassung)
3. Floor
4. Passed
5. Law

Latest action

11 Nov 2026Beschlussempfehlung und Bericht (Empfehlung: Annahme der Vorlage in Ausschussfassung)

Provisions for national implementation of EU law to reduce global deforestation and forest degradation by promoting sustainable and deforestation-free agricultural supply chains: assigning responsibility for implementing the Act to the Federal Office for Agriculture (BLE) and the authorities responsible under Land law; monitoring the placing on the market of the agricultural commodities and products covered by the Regulation (cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soy and wood); obligations of market participants to tolerate inspections and provide information; criminal and administrative fine provisions for violations; Act Implementing the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (Deforestation-Free Products Regulation Implementation Act) as Article 1 of the bill; insertion of § 9a and amendment of various §§ of the Timber Trade Safeguards Act, as well as amendment of the title to Act Implementing Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 establishing a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community (FLEGT Implementation Act – FLEGTDG); amendment of § 124 of the Act against Restraints of Competition and § 2 of the Competition Register Act Reference: Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of 31 May 2023 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 (EU Deforestation Regulation, EUDR) (OJ L 150, 09.06.2023, p. 206) ; Directive (EU) 2024/1203 of 11 April 2024 on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directives 2008/99/EC and 2009/123/EC (OJ L, 2024/1203, 30.04.2024) ; Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 of 20 December 2005 establishing a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community (OJ L 347, 30.12.2005, p. 1)

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