At the Agriculture Council on Monday 29 April, the Austrian minister for agriculture, Norbert Totschnig, supported by several of his counterparts, once again called on the European Commission to give countries more time to implement the regulation on combating deforestation (see EUROPE B13212A30).
“First of all, it is clear that the deforestation of tropical forests must be significantly reduced. The aim of the regulation is absolutely correct and important. However, we are now faced...