BRUSSELS — EU lawmakers have voted to in effect exempt most member states from a contentious law banning commodities grown on deforested land. …Brussels’ landmark deforestation law was intended to apply to commodities from within and outside the EU, environmental campaigners said a change made to the legislation on Thursday had created a “loophole” for member states. …In a vote on Thursday to approve the delay, conservative lawmakers also led a push to introduce a “no risk” category, whereby companies operating in countries where there was no deforestation would not need to apply the rules. …As it stands, the law requires goods from all countries — regardless of their forest husbandry. The new category would allow countries with stable or increasing forest size to be exempted from all checks. …The ballot marked the first major test of the EU’s ambitious environmental laws following the election of a new parliament.