Malaysia Joint Task Force on the EUDR meetings

The 2nd meeting of Ad Hoc Joint Task Force (JTF) on the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was attended by the official representatives and stakeholders of relevant five commodities identified in the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) namely palm oil, rubber, cocoa, timber, and coffee.

The meeting was co-chaired by Dato' Zailani Bin Haji Hashim, Deputy Secretary General (Plantation & Commodities), Ministry of Plantation and Commodities of Malaysia, Dr Musdhalifah Machmud, Senior Advisor for Connectivity, Service Sector and Natural Resources Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, the Republic of Indonesia, and Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director for Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism, European Commission (EC). The meeting was facilitated by the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC).

The progress and achievement of this meeting held in February will be the input for the 3rd meeting of the Ad Hoc JTF, tentatively scheduled to take place on September 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. Indonesia, Malaysia, and EU tentatively agreed to take stock of the work of the task force at ministerial level in April and receive further guidance as appropriate, on the occasion of the planned visit of European Commissioner for the Environment, Ocean, and Fisheries, Sinkevicius, to the region.

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