The European Commission said in an act published on Thursday that the law would categorise goods imported from Belarus, Myanmar, North Korea and Russia as having a "high risk" of fuelling deforestation. It has been staunchly opposed by countries including Brazil and Indonesia, who say it is burdensome and costly. A key difference between the groups is that EU countries will be required to carry out compliance checks covering 9% of companies exporting from high-risk countries, 3% from standard-risk countries and 1% for low-risk countries. Companies in high risk and standard risk countries will need to show when and where the commodities were produced and provide "verifiable" information that they were not grown on land deforested after 2020. The EU law will apply from the end of 2025 for large companies, and from June 2026 for small firms.