![]() The Commission’s spokesperson said in response that the regulation “applies toĬommodities, not countries and is neither punitive nor protectionist, but is a levelplaying field.” They added that the commodities targeted by the new rules “are those Pressure, internal pressure from their own production companies, maybe.” “The decision made by them is more because of perception, because of Scientific findings,” said Fadillah, who is also Malaysia’s minister of plantation andĬommodities. His Malaysian counterpart echoed the assessment. No one single country canĬlassify another country as high risk, low risk or small risk,” Airlangga said. “The EU is no rating agency, Indonesia is a sovereign nation. That scrutiny poses a reputational risk for countries like Indonesia and Malaysia. The list - which the Commission is set to present by the end of the year - will helpĮU countries’ customs authorities prioritize checks and increase scrutiny on the areas The countries have a “deep objection the benchmarking of countries” based on theirĭeforestation rate, Airlangga said, referring to an upcoming list of countries and regionsĬlassified at high, low or standard risk of deforestation. To intensify our dialogue with both as they requested, possibly through aĭedicated taskforce or any other format.” Implementation of the law,” a Commission spokesperson said in an emailed statement,Īdding that “the Commission at technical level will soon go to Indonesia to explore how “Both sides agreed on the need to work closer in cooperation to ensure a successful Virginijus Sinkevičius and EU Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell, as well as MEPs Heidi Including Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans, Commissioner for Environment The two ministers met with commissioners and EU lawmakers to voice their concerns, Revenues worth €6 billion for Indonesia and €1.2 billion for Malaysia, according to the The two countries fear it will hurt their palm oil industries, which earn annual export Their supply chains and provide geolocation data from where they source theirĬommodities to prove they’re not contributing to deforestation and forest degradation. The Deforestation Regulation will, from the end of next year, force companies to police That it will be very costly for small farmers to comply. not for farmers,” Airlangga told POLITICO in an interview, arguing “This legislation is pro-business, pro-multinational corporation, pro-conglomerate, but Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof lashed out at the move. Tuesday, Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and ![]() Oil, if they have been sourced from deforested areas. ![]() The EU has set new rules that ban the import of commodities, like soy, coffee and palm Indonesia and Malaysia slammed the EU’s deforestation rules as discriminatory,Īrguing that it will threaten their billion-euro palm oil industries. The most recent update of the country datasheets was published on. The biannual energy statistical country datasheets cover all EU countries and present in a comparative format long term time-series of On the EU Publications website, you can find all the energy statistical pocketbooks , since 2012. The 2022 edition of EU energy in figures shows that the EU remained a global leader in renewable and low carbon production of electricity (renewables and nuclear 63%) also in 2020 and that the 27 EU countries reduced their greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30%, compared to 1990 levels. It includes among others data on production, consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, imports, and brief socio-economic statistics. The yearly “EU energy in figures - statistical pocketbook” provides an annual overview of energy-related statistics in the EU and in individual EU countries.
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