What changed between the adopted text of 26 Nov 2025 and the adopted text of 17 Dec 2025

TEXTS ADOPTED

Removed:P10_TA(2025)0295

Added:P10_TA(2025)0331

Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

PE780.035

Changed:Amendments adopted by the European Parliament onlegislative 26resolution Novemberof 17 December 2025 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 as regards certain obligations of operators and traders (COM(2025)0652 – C10-0263/2025 – 2025/0329(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

Removed:Amendments 39, 66 and 102

Change 1

Added:The European Parliament,

Removed:Recital 6

Added:– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2025)0652),

Removed:Amendment: (6) Non-SME downstream operators and traders have a significant influence on supply chains and play an important role in ensuring that supply chains are deforestation-free. They should, therefore, still be required to register in the information system. At the same time, first downstream operators or traders, whether or not they are SMEs, should continue to ensure full traceability by collecting reference numbers of due diligence statements and declaration identifiers assigned to micro and small producers. This obligation to collect and keep reference numbers should only apply to the first down-stream operator and should not apply to all others down-stream operators further down in the supply chain.

Added:– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1)) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C10-0263/2025),

Removed:Amendments 40, 67 and 103

Added:– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Removed:Recital 7

Added:– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 3 December 2025,

Removed:Amendment: (7) All operators, regardless of their size, placing relevant products on the market or exporting them fall under the scope of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115. This places an administrative burden on micro and small producers who place on the market or export their own products. In order to address the concerns related to micro- and small-sized operators producing and placing on the market their own products and to further reduce the load of the information system, it is necessary to introduce a new sub-category of operators to whom the obligation to submit a due diligence statement should not apply. This new subcategory, called ‘micro and small primary operators’, should cover natural persons or micro- or small-sized enterprises established in a country classified as low risk in accordance with Article 29 of this Regulation placing relevant products on the market or exporting them which they themselves produce in that country, meaning that they grow, harvest, obtain from or raise the relevant commodities contained in relevant products themselves. Both operators established within and outside of the Union should be covered by the definition of micro and small primary operator.

Added:– after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Removed:Amendments 41 and 68

Added:– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the responsible committee under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 10 December 2025 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Removed:Recital 8 a (new)

Added:– having regard to Rules 60 and 170 of its Rules of Procedure,

Removed:Amendment: (8a) Furthermore, as part of the simplification efforts, the administrative burden resulting from the obligations for micro and small primary operators to submit a one-time simplified declaration under Article 4a and to collect information under Article 9(1) should be reduced by allowing them to replace the geolocation of plots of land by the postal address of the plots of land or of the establishment from where the relevant commodities that the relevant product contains, or has been made using, were produced, provided that the postal address clearly corresponds to the geographic location of the plots or establishment concerned. This gives micro and small primary operators the free choice of providing either the geolocation of the plots of land or the postal address of the plots of land or of respective establishment.

Added:1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

Removed:Recital 11: (11) To provide legal clarity that all micro, small and medium-sized undertakings, irrespective of their legal form, can benefit from the simplified provisions for micro small and medium-sized enterprises in Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises should be amended to clarify that the legal form should not be relevant for whether a natural or legal person meets the definition. The same should be clarified for micro and small primary operators. Moreover, the definition of micro and small primary operators should include operators who exceed the limits of at least two of the three criteria set out in Article 3(1) and (2), first subparagraph, of Directive 2013/34/EU but who can demonstrate that the parts of their balance sheet total, net turnover and average number of employees during the financial year which relate to their activities covered by this Regulation do not exceed the limits of at least two of three of those criteria.

Added:2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

Removed:Recital 12 a (new): (12a) Ahead of the general review of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 to be carried out by 30 June 2030, in the interest of simplification for operators and traders, the Commission should carry out a simplification review of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 and should present a report by 30 April 2026. The report should evaluate the administrative burden and impact of this Regulation, in particular for micro and small operators. Furthermore, in the report, the Commission should indicate possible ways to address the identified issues, including through technical guidelines, improvements to the IT-system, delegated or implementing acts in accordance with the delegated powers provided for in the Regulation and, where appropriate, accompany the report with a legislative proposal.

Added:3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Removed:Recital 12 b (new): (12b) The date of application of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 that lay down obligations on operators, traders and competent authorities, listed in Article 38(2) of that Regulation, should be postponed by 12 months. This is necessary in order to allow third countries, Member States, operators and traders to be fully prepared, including, to allow those operators and traders to establish the necessary due diligence systems covering all relevant commodities and products, so as to be in a position to fully comply with their obligations.

Added:P10_TC1-COD(2025)0329

Removed:Recital 13: deleted

Added:Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 December 2025 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 as regards certain obligations of operators and traders

Removed:Amendments 72 and 110

Added:(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2025/2650.)

Removed:Recital 15

Removed:Amendment: deleted

Removed:Recital 16: (16) In the light of the postponement by 12 month of the date of application set out in Article 38(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, the dates in other related provisions, namely the repeal of Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the provisions on the deferred application of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 to natural persons, micro-undertakings or small undertakings, should be adjusted accordingly. In order to provide sufficient time to align technical developments of the electronic interface based on the European Union Single Window Environment for Customs, the date by which the electronic interface is in place should be adjusted accordingly.

Removed:Recital 20 (new): (20) In view of the urgency to adopt targeted simplifications as well as to delay the entry into application of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, it is considered to be appropriate to invoke the exception to the eight-week period provided for in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/1115

Removed:Article 1 – point 1 – point b, Article 2 – point 15a: (15a) ‘micro and small primary operator’ means an operator who is a natural person or a micro- or small-sized undertaking, as defined in Article 3(1) and (2), first subparagraph, of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council*, irrespective of its legal form, established in a country classified as low risk in accordance with Article 29 of this Regulation, and who, in the course of a commercial activity, places on the market or exports relevant products that this operator itself has grown, harvested, obtained from or raised on relevant plots of land, or, as regards cattle, on establishments, located in that country; this includes operators who exceed the limits of at least two of the three criteria set out in Article 3(1) and (2), first subparagraph, of Directive 2013/34/EU but who can demonstrate that the parts of their balance sheet total, net turnover and average number of employees during the financial year which relate to their activities covered by this Regulation do not exceed the limits of at least two of three of those criteria;

Removed:Amendments 74 and 114

Removed:Article 1 – point 5

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/1115

Removed:Article 4a – paragraph 1

Removed:Amendment: 1. The obligations laid down in Article 4(2), the second sentence of Article 4(3) and Article 4(4), point (c) shall not apply to micro and small primary operators.

Removed:Amendments 75 and 115

Removed:Article 1 – point 5

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/1115

Removed:Article 4a – paragraph 2

Removed:Amendment: 2. Micro and small primary operators shall submit a one-time simplified declaration in the information system referred to in Article 33 before placing on the market relevant products or exporting them. They shall be assigned a declaration identifier after submitting their one-time simplified declaration.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/1115

Removed:Article 1 – point 5, Article 4a – paragraph 3: 3. Micro and small primary operators shall provide the information set out in Annex III when submitting the simplified declaration in the information system. They may update the information contained in their simplified declaration following any major changes to the information they provided.

Removed:Amendments 77 and 117

Removed:Article 1 – point 5

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/1115

Removed:Article 4a – paragraph 4

Removed:Amendment: 4. Where all information listed in Annex III is available in a system or database that exists under Union or Member States legislation, other than the information system referred to in Article 33, micro and small primary operators shall not be required to submit a one-time simplified declaration in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article. Member States shall make this information per operator available in the information system referred to in Article 33. The micro or small primary operator shall place the relevant products on the Union market or export them only after having been assigned a declaration identifier.

Removed:Amendments 78 and 118