EU Deforestation Regulation Annex I product lookup

Start with the product being placed on the EU market, made available on the EU market, or exported. Then compare that product to Annex I, which is the regulation's product-scope list for relevant commodities and derived products. An item that matches is a relevant product. Representative matches include cocoa beans and chocolate under cocoa, coffee under heading 0901, specified cattle meat and leather, palm oil, natural rubber, soya beans, and listed wood, paper, and furniture products.

A useful lookup record should name the product or SKU, the supplier, the relevant commodity family, the Annex I product match or non-match, and the role affected by the transaction. If the item is in scope, Article 3 connects the product to the EUDR conditions: deforestation-free status, production in accordance with relevant legislation of the country of production, and a due diligence statement or simplified declaration where required.

Use customs and trade fields as evidence, not as a substitute for the Annex I check. Product descriptions, a CN code or HS classification, supplier master data, and invoices can help identify what the product is and which commodity family it links to, but this FAQ does not reproduce a standalone code list.

For an Annex entry marked "ex", match both the code and the narrower product description because the entry does not cover every good under that code. Also apply the Annex exclusion for goods produced entirely from material that completed its lifecycle and would otherwise have been discarded as waste, while keeping the stated manufacturing-by-product exception separate.

Keep the official Annex I source next to the business evidence that explains why the product does or does not match. Do not copy an old spreadsheet of codes into the lookup and treat it as current unless it is reconciled to the official EUDR source used by the review.

The lookup should be backed by records that let a reviewer connect the legal scope conclusion to the commercial movement. For an in-scope product, the record should show the supplier, the product identity, the commodity link, the transaction or shipment context, and the EUDR reference information available for the role.

Operators need due diligence evidence before placing relevant products on the market or exporting them. Downstream operators and traders need supply chain information, including supplier details and, when the supplier is an operator, due diligence statement reference numbers or declaration identifiers. Those records make the Annex I lookup usable after the original buyer or product owner leaves the team.

Repeat the Annex I check when product composition, supplier data, or trade classification changes. Checking only a product name, internal category, or customs field can produce the wrong scope result when the record is not tied to Annex I and supplier evidence.

For an in-scope item, identify which party must hold or pass on the due diligence statement, simplified declaration identifier, or Article 5 supply-chain information.