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EUDR

EU Deforestation Regulation

EUDR hub for exact Annex I product scope, and roles, due diligence statements, geolocation, risk assessment, benchmarking and amended application dates.

Commodity groups
7
Core obligations
30 Dec 2026
Certain micro/small actors
30 Jun 2027
Key records
5 years

Understand EU Deforestation Regulation

This hub helps decide whether an exact Annex I product is caught by the EUDR (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115), which supply-chain role applies, and what evidence is needed before the product is placed on, made available on, or exported from the EU market.

A link to cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya or wood is not enough by itself. Confirm the exact Annex I product listing and market activity, then classify the actor as an , , , or before assigning due diligence work.

Use the timeline and topic guides to align sourcing, trade, legal, customs, ESG and supplier teams before release decisions depend on missing plot, role or statement data.

Quick scan

Classify the product

Check whether the product contains, was fed with, or was made using cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya or wood, then match the exact Annex I description and customs classification. A commodity connection alone does not establish scope.

Prove the Article 3 gate

A may move only when it is , produced under the relevant laws of the country of production, and covered by the statement or declaration required for that actor. Deforestation-free means the commodity was produced on land not deforested after 31 December 2020; for wood, production must also avoid forest degradation after that date.

Prepare traceability records

Collect supplier and downstream-recipient details, reference numbers or declaration identifiers, and geolocation or allowed replacement data so records can be provided to competent authorities on request.

What this EUDR hub helps you check

  1. 1

    Commodity and product scope

    Start with the seven relevant commodity groups, then confirm whether the exact product is listed in Annex I. Products connected to a commodity are not automatically in scope.

  2. 2

    Supply-chain role

    Separate operators, downstream operators, traders, non-SME actors, and micro or small primary operators because the filing, information-system and recordkeeping duties differ.

  3. 3

    Evidence before release

    Link due diligence statements, declaration identifiers, supplier information, geolocation, country-risk status, risk assessment and mitigation records to the same shipment or product batch.

Key dates for EUDR scope, systems and phasing

The Regulation entered into force on 29 June 2023. Track the 30 December 2026 main application date, the limited 30 June 2027 later date, and the 30 December 2027 date for specific added products. The Annex I amendment entered into force on 18 September 2026; the Article 37 timber transition extends through 31 December 2029.

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Choose the next EUDR decision

New to EUDR? Establish the exact Annex I product, market activity and actor role first. Then move through due diligence, evidence, filing, deadlines and enforcement without treating every supplier or commodity-linked product as subject to the same route.

Start here: product scope and actor role

Decide whether the exact product and transaction are covered, then distinguish operators, downstream operators, traders and the narrower micro or small primary- route.

Due diligence and risk decisions

Collect Article 9 information, reach a no-or-negligible-risk conclusion, mitigate when needed and use low-risk simplification only when all Article 13 conditions are documented.

Supplier and implementation controls

Turn the legal route into supplier intake, product-level release gates, owned records and reassessment triggers that operations can use.

Deadlines, transition and enforcement

Separate statutory milestones from preparation targets, preserve the special timber transition and prepare for checks, product holds, corrective action and Member State penalties.

Compare frameworks or answer a specific question

Keep EUDR product-level evidence separate from broader corporate due diligence, or go directly to concise answers on roles, scope, filing, benchmarking, customs and enforcement.

Sources

eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Binding Annex I product-scope amendment, published on 17 September 2026 and in force from 18 September. Specific added product entries, including frozen cattle tongues and coffee extracts, separately apply from 30 December 2027.
eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Consolidated EUDR baseline dated 26 December 2025 for actor duties, due diligence, simplified declarations, geolocation, benchmarking, recordkeeping and application dates. Read Annex I with the separately listed Regulation (EU) 2026/2102 and read the baseline with the February 2026 corrigendum.
eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Official Journal corrigendum published on 12 February 2026. This hub records its publication but does not infer a substantive correction from the supplied source metadata; consult the corrigendum itself for the corrected text.
"Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2025/2650"
environment.ec.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Supports the high-level application-date framing for 30 December 2026 for large and medium operators and 30 June 2027 for micro and small operators.
"Large and medium operators: 30 December 2026"
eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Original Official Journal legal text for Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, supporting the regulation identity, adoption, publication, entry-into-force and original legal framework.
"Regulation (EU) 2023/1115"
eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Official amendment changing EUDR application-date provisions; use it with the later amendment and consolidated text when reconstructing the regulation's phasing.
eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Supports the warning that role and obligation planning should use the amended EUDR text rather than older operator and trader assumptions.
"amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115"

Next steps

Plan EUDR traceability and due diligence

This EUDR hub is the shared entry point for product classification, supplier requests, geolocation collection, filing, risk assessment, mitigation, and record retention.

  • Start with commodity group, Annex I product match, country of production, plot or establishment data, supplier, importer/exporter route, and EU role.
  • Use ESG Compliance to assign supplier onboarding, country-risk checks, risk assessment, mitigation and release-blocker reviews to accountable owners.
  • Use SSOT to keep due diligence statements, simplified declaration identifiers, geolocation evidence, supplier records, downstream-recipient records and competent-authority correspondence together.
  • Escalate non-negligible risk, missing geolocation, unclear Annex I coverage, mixed-origin lots, or outdated benchmarking assumptions before product release.
  • Open ESG Compliance

    Manage EUDR supplier evidence, risk assessment, mitigation, statements, country-risk checks and release blockers in one workflow.

  • Open SSOT

    Keep product, supplier, geolocation, , simplified declaration and authority-response records in one governed system.

  • Coordinate application dates, benchmarking, information-system work and supplier-data readiness.

  • Talk through EUDR readiness

    Review scope, role classification, data gaps, statement filing, risk assessment and supplier-control planning.