Of the 14 legislative proposals that make up the European Green Deal, 12 have been adopted or are in the process of being adopted, such as the carbon tax at borders, the end of free quotas, the extension of the carbon market to private individuals and to the maritime and aviation sectors, and the creation of a social fund for the climate, voted on April 18.
The law on deforestation is also part of the European Union’s Green Deal, whose overall objective is to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050. The European Union is a major importer of commodities linked to deforestation and tropical forest degradation, such as palm oil from Indonesia and beef from Brazil. The law aims to ban trade in certain products whose origin can be attributed to the disappearance of forests, in order to reduce the proportion of land cleared to produce imported products within the Union.
The products concerned include palm oil, beef, coffee, cocoa, soy, wood and rubber, as well as products derived from these raw materials, such as leather, chocolate, furniture, charcoal and printed paper.
