Paper Industry Challenges Exemption Of Print Products From EUDR

European printing and publishing associations have welcomed the exemption of finished print products from the EU Deforestation Regulation, arguing it offers long-awaited legal certainty and shields publishers from disproportionate administrative burdens. Intergraf and German publishers’ bodies MVFP, BDZV and BVDA support excluding certain print products and want similar exemptions extended to printed packaging. However, leading paper industry stakeholders oppose this approach, pushing for printed products to be brought back under the EUDR’s scope to ensure consistent deforestation-free rules across the fibre value chain. Industry discussions reported by EUWID reveal a dynamic and at times contradictory picture, with diverging interests between printers, publishers, and paper producers over regulatory costs, market competitiveness and environmental credibility. The debate is set to intensify as segments lobby EU policymakers on how EUDR should apply to graphic papers, publishing products and fibre-based packaging in the coming implementation phase.​