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A second one-year delay to the implementation of the EU's deforestation regulation will increase speculation that it will eventually be cancelled completely (Photo: Courtesy Jikalahari)

EU Commission blames computer problems for second one-year delay to deforestation law

The European Commission has blamed massive overuse of its IT system needed to declare compliance with the bloc’s new deforestation law for its decision to postpone its implementation for a second consecutive year. 

In a letter to commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday (23 September), EU env...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

A second one-year delay to the implementation of the EU's deforestation regulation will increase speculation that it will eventually be cancelled completely (Photo: Courtesy Jikalahari)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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