Groups celebrate EU Parliament rejection of regulation to classify soy oil as high ILUC risk
- Ron Kotrba
- 3 hours ago
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Numerous organizations welcomed a July 8 vote by the European Parliament adopting the motion for a resolution objecting to a European Commission-delegated regulation (2026/2680) that would have classified soybean oil as a feedstock with high risk for indirect land-use change (ILUC) under the Renewable Energy Directive.
“This vote sends a strong signal in favor of evidence-based policymaking and greater coherence between the EU’s renewable energy, agriculture and food-security objectives,” a group of organizations wrote in a joint statement after the objection.
“It safeguards the competitiveness of the European soy value chain, protects farmers and processors, and supports the EU’s ambition to strengthen domestic protein production and strategic autonomy,” the groups added.
The signatories to the joint statement include:
COCERAL, a European agriculture trade association.
COPA-COGECA, an association of European Farmers and agri-cooperatives.
Donau Soja, the European multistakeholder, not-for profit membership organization supporting the European protein transition.
The European Biodiesel Board.
Euroseeds, the association representing the European seed sector.
FEDIOL, an association representing the vegetable-oil and protein-meal industry.
The European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC).
The International Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA), representing over 1,900 members in 100 countries and promoting international trade in agricultural commodities and animal feed.
“We thank members of the European Parliament for recognizing the strategic importance of soybeans for Europe’s food and feed supply and for rejecting a methodology that would have undermined investment, innovation and the resilience of the EU protein sector,” the groups stated.
“We now call on the European Commission to develop a transparent, scientifically robust and coherent framework that supports both climate and energy objectives and sustainable European protein production,” they added.
