The Commission plans to set up two focus groups to look at standards and traceability. ETTF has applied for both focus groups. The number of applications far exceeds the number of participants foreseen. In addition, the EC will carry out an impact assessment in 2024 to examine significant effects of the regulation. The next 18 months will also be used to hold intensive talks with important suppliers, some of whom, such as Indonesia and Brazil, are already participants in the multi-stakeholder platform.

The event left the impression that the Commission still has a lot of unanswered questions, as did the participants; this became clear in the course of the discussion. The first Q&A catalogue that the Commission has put online is described as insufficient and offers a number of generalities. ETTF, as a partner of the platform, has already forwarded essential concerns to the Commission, for example from the ETTF associations Spain, Belgium, and Germany.