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title: "EUDR Geolocation Evidence and Annex I Commodity Lookup"
canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/deforestation-regulation/geolocation-evidence-and-commodity-lookup"
source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/deforestation-regulation/geolocation-evidence-and-commodity-lookup"
author: "Sorena AI"
description: "Build an EUDR evidence file that links Annex I commodity scope, supplier and trader records, geolocation evidence, product lots, risk assessment, and due diligence statement support."
published_at: "2026-05-09"
updated_at: "2026-05-09"
keywords:
  - "EUDR"
  - "EU Deforestation Regulation"
  - "Annex I commodity lookup"
  - "geolocation evidence"
  - "due diligence statement"
  - "operators"
  - "traders"
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# EUDR Geolocation Evidence and Annex I Commodity Lookup

Build an EUDR evidence file that links Annex I commodity scope, supplier and trader records, geolocation evidence, product lots, risk assessment, and due diligence statement support.

*EUDR* *Geolocation evidence* *EU*

## EUDR geolocation evidence and Annex I commodity lookup

Use this page to structure the evidence that connects a relevant product to Annex I scope, supplier and trader records, plot or establishment location evidence, risk assessment, and due diligence statement support.

The focus is practical data linking: what to connect, what to retain, and where the official EUDR sources support the record.

An EUDR geolocation and commodity lookup file should answer one question before a product is placed, made available, or exported: can the team connect this specific relevant product to Annex I scope, supplier and trader records, production-location evidence, risk assessment, any mitigation, and the due diligence statement or simplified declaration that supports the transaction?

## Start with Annex I scope, not a generic commodity label

The lookup should first decide whether the item is a relevant commodity or relevant product listed in Annex I. The official source material identifies the relevant commodity families as cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya, and wood, plus derived products listed in the Annex.

Do not treat a broad label such as "wood", "coffee", or "rubber component" as enough. The internal record should connect the commercial product, SKU, purchase order, lot, shipment, or consignment identifier to the Annex I product family that triggered EUDR review. Where the available official source extract does not provide a full code table, the public page should not invent one.

- Record the product identifier used by procurement, trade compliance, and inventory systems.
- Record the Annex I commodity family and the specific Annex I product description used for the scope call.
- Separate out-of-scope items from items that need due diligence support before market placement, availability, or export.
- Keep the lookup versioned so later supplier, lot, or product-description changes do not silently reuse an old scope decision.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1115/2025-12-26/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the scope test: Article 3 applies to relevant commodities and relevant products, and Annex I identifies commodity families and derived products.

## Link supplier, trader, and downstream records to the product

The evidence file should show who supplied the product, who receives it downstream, and which due diligence statement reference number or simplified-declaration identifier travels with the product where the supplier is an operator. This makes the lookup useful for operators, downstream operators, and traders rather than only for sustainability reporting.

Use commercial records as join keys: supplier account, purchase order, lot, batch, shipment, consignment, warehouse receipt, customer order, and export file. These operational identifiers are not a substitute for EUDR due diligence, but they prevent the geolocation file, supplier file, and due diligence statement log from drifting apart.

- For upstream records, keep supplier details and the product identifiers received from that supplier.
- For downstream records, keep recipient details and the product identifiers passed onward.
- Where a due diligence statement reference number or simplified-declaration identifier exists, attach it to the product and transaction record.
- When new information suggests non-compliance risk, preserve the alert, review result, authority or recipient notification decision, and stop-ship outcome if applicable.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1115/2025-12-26/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Supports supplier and trader linkage because Article 5 requires downstream operators and traders to collect and keep supply chain information, including supplier details, downstream recipient details, and relevant reference numbers or identifiers.

## Collect geolocation evidence as part of Article 9 information

For operators, geolocation evidence belongs in the Article 9 information and evidence file. The official source material supports geolocation of plots of land or establishments, documentation demonstrating deforestation-free and legal production, and availability of that information to competent authorities on request.

Avoid unsupported precision rules on this page. The available official source extract supports the need for geolocation evidence, but it does not provide a public coordinate-format table for this artifact. Keep the record focused on provenance, coverage, supplier attestation, review status, and how the location evidence connects to the product lot or transaction.

- Attach plot or establishment location evidence to the supplier and product record it supports.
- Keep documentation used to demonstrate deforestation-free status and legal production with the same product evidence file.
- Flag gaps where a product lot cannot be tied back to the relevant production-location evidence.
- For micro or small primary operators, note when the simplified rule in the official source material allows postal address information instead of Article 9 geolocation.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1115/2025-12-26/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the geolocation evidence requirement because Article 9 information collection includes geolocation of plots or establishments and documentation for deforestation-free and legal production.
- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1115/2025-12-26/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the simplified-declaration context and the special treatment described for micro or small primary operators.

*Recommended next step*

*Placement: after evidence section*

## Turn EUDR evidence into a product-linked workflow

Connect Annex I scope, supplier records, geolocation evidence, risk assessment, and due diligence statement support before teams release covered products.

- [Open Research Copilot](/solutions/research-copilot.md): Answer EUDR implementation questions with cited source material.
- [Discuss EUDR evidence workflows](/contact.md): Review EUDR product scope, supplier evidence, and due diligence statement support with Sorena.

## Use the lookup in risk assessment and mitigation

The lookup is not complete when coordinates or supplier documents are collected. EUDR due diligence includes information collection, risk assessment, and risk mitigation. Operators should use the linked product, supplier, country or part-of-country risk context, geolocation evidence, and legality documentation to decide whether there is no or only negligible risk before placing on the market or exporting.

If risk is not negligible, the official source material supports risk mitigation before placing on the market or exporting. That means the evidence file should keep the mitigation action, reviewer, outcome, and product or transaction identifiers together.

- Treat missing Annex I scope support, missing supplier details, missing location evidence, or broken product-lot linkage as risk-assessment inputs.
- Where low-risk production is relied on, keep documentation showing supply-chain complexity and risks of circumvention or mixing were assessed.
- Do not use country-risk status as a reason to discard Article 9 information that must still be collected and kept.
- Do not release a product record for EUDR-covered activity when the linked assessment still shows more than negligible risk.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1115/2025-12-26/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the risk-assessment sequence because EUDR due diligence includes Article 9 information collection, Article 10 risk assessment, and Article 11 mitigation.

## Support the due diligence statement and information-system record

Operators must exercise due diligence before placing relevant products on the market or exporting them, and the official source material states they must not do so without prior submission of a due diligence statement. If due diligence concludes compliance with no or negligible risk, the due diligence statement is made available through the Article 33 information system.

The commodity lookup should therefore be able to reconstruct the path from product and supplier records to geolocation evidence, risk assessment, mitigation if any, and due diligence statement reference numbers. Downstream operators and traders also need the relevant supply-chain information and reference numbers or identifiers so the evidence can travel further down the supply chain.

- Keep the due diligence statement record or simplified-declaration identifier with the product and transaction record.
- Retain the evidence used to support the no-or-negligible-risk conclusion.
- Keep due diligence statement records and Article 5 supply-chain information for at least five years where the official source material specifies that period.
- Make the evidence retrievable by product, supplier, recipient, lot, shipment, consignment, and due diligence statement reference number.

Sources for this answer:

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1115/2025-12-26/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the due diligence statement linkage because Article 4 requires prior submission, Article 33 is used for due diligence statements, and the source material specifies recordkeeping for due diligence statements and supply-chain information.
- [Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3084 on the EUDR information system](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R3084&ref=sorena.io) - Supports the page's information-system context because the source is the implementing regulation for the EUDR information system used for due diligence statements.

## Primary sources

- [Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1115/2025-12-26/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Primary source URL used for EUDR scope, Article 3 conditions, operator obligations, Article 5 supply-chain records, Article 9 geolocation evidence, risk assessment, risk mitigation, and due diligence statement support.
  - Quote: "Annex I lists the relevant commodities and derived products in scope"
- [Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3084 on the EUDR information system](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R3084&ref=sorena.io) - Used only for the information-system source context connected to EUDR due diligence statements.
  - Quote: "EUDR information system"

## Related Topic Guides

- [EU Deforestation Regulation FAQ](/artifacts/eu/deforestation-regulation/faq.md): Concise EU Deforestation Regulation answers on scope, covered commodities, operator and trader roles, due diligence statements, geolocation, low-risk countries, customs release, SME timing, enforcement, and records.
- [EUDR Annex I product lookup: how to check scope](/artifacts/eu/deforestation-regulation/faq/annex-i-product-lookup.md): How to check whether a product is in EUDR Annex I, connect it to a covered commodity, and keep supplier and trade evidence without relying on unsupported code lists.
- [EUDR Applicability Test: Products, EU Market Activity, and Actor Roles](/artifacts/eu/deforestation-regulation/applicability-test.md): Test whether the EU Deforestation Regulation applies by checking Annex I product scope, EU market placement or export, operator/trader status, downstream role, SME status, and simplified due diligence conditions.
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