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EU Deforestation Regulation Risk Assessment and Mitigation

A cited EUDR workflow for deciding whether relevant products have no or only negligible risk of non-compliance before placement on the EU market or export.

Use it to structure Article 10 risk inputs, Article 11 mitigation actions, release gates, and evidence records without inventing scoring thresholds.

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Sorena AI
Published
May 9, 2026
Updated
Jul 25, 2026
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Sorena AI
Published May 9, 2026
Updated Jul 25, 2026
Overview

Where applies, an operator may place an in-scope product on the EU market or export it only when the assessment supports no or only . Article 10 provides criteria, not a numeric score. If risk is not negligible, requires adequate and proportionate mitigation before release. Record the evidence, reasoning, measures, reviewer, and final decision for the same product-and-origin unit. Run this release gate for covered movements from 30 December 2026. The 30 June 2027 date applies only to operators that were established as natural persons or micro or small undertakings by 31 December 2024, and it does not apply to products covered by the EU Timber Regulation annex.

Section 1

Start the Article 10 assessment from the Article 9 evidence file

Start only after the file covers the relevant commodity and product, quantity, upstream supplier and downstream business-recipient information, country of production, every production plot or cattle establishment, production period, and evidence supporting deforestation-free and lawful production for the release unit.

Do not replace the legal test with a numeric score. The record should show how the information was checked against risk criteria and why the release conclusion is no risk, , or not yet releasable.

  • Product and commodity scope: identify the relevant product, the Annex I commodity link, the operator or downstream role, and the intended EU market placement or export.
  • Origin evidence: keep the country or part-of-country classification, production location evidence, and geolocation or permitted simplified location information where the Regulation allows it.
  • Deforestation-free and legality evidence: keep documents showing the commodity was produced in line with the EUDR deforestation-free condition and relevant legislation of the country of production.
  • Supply-chain integrity evidence: assess supplier identity, chain complexity, processing stage, and whether products could be mixed with products of unknown or non-compliant origin.
  • criteria: country risk classification; forests and indigenous peoples in the production area; claims by indigenous peoples; prevalence of deforestation or forest degradation; reliability of sources and documents; corruption, document falsification, weak enforcement, conflict, or sanctions; supply-chain complexity and mixing; risk of circumvention; ; and relevant complementary information.
Sources for this answer
Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
Articles 3 and 8 to 10 support the evidence sequence, the listed risk criteria, and the no-or-negligible-risk release condition.
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Section 2

Treat non-negligible risk as a release blocker, not a score range

does not set a percentage, score band, or automatic pass based on certification or country class. means no cause for concern after the complete assessment of product-specific and general information and any necessary mitigation. Block release whenever that conclusion is not supported.

Use a documented release gate. The business owner cannot place the product on the market or export it until the reviewer can explain the risk conclusion and identify the evidence used.

  • Block release when geolocation or permitted location evidence is missing, inconsistent, or not tied to the relevant production unit.
  • Block release when legality or deforestation-free evidence is missing, stale, internally inconsistent, or unsupported by supplier records.
  • Block release when supplier-chain complexity, mixing risk, unknown intermediaries, or weak document reliability prevents a clear no-or-negligible-risk conclusion.
  • Block release when a substantiated concern or other relevant information points to possible non-compliance or circumvention and has not been resolved.
  • Allow release only when the risk assessment record states the conclusion, identifies the reviewer and evidence set, and supports a due diligence statement or simplified declaration route where applicable.
Sources for this answer
Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
Article 2 defines negligible risk and Article 10 sets the assessment and release condition without prescribing a numeric model.
Section 3

Use Article 11 mitigation to reduce risk before release

When the assessment leaves risk above negligible, requires adequate and proportionate measures before placement or export. The Regulation gives examples: request more information, data, or documents; carry out independent surveys or audits; or use other measures linked to the information requirements. The operator must document how it selected the measures and what result they produced.

Suitable mitigation depends on the risk signal. Extra supplier documents may resolve a missing-record issue, but document reliability, mixing, or land-use concerns may require independent checks, audits, supplier corrective actions, or a decision not to release the product.

  • Request additional information, data, or documents when the current file is incomplete or inconsistent.
  • Use independent surveys or audits when supplier-provided evidence cannot by itself resolve the risk signal.
  • Apply supplier support or corrective actions where the problem is traceability, data quality, legality evidence, or implementation of the due-diligence system.
  • Escalate unresolved non- to the accountable release owner and prevent market placement or export until mitigation achieves no or only negligible risk.
  • Keep a mitigation log that links each risk signal to the action taken, the evidence received, the reviewer decision, and the final release or block outcome.
  • For operators other than SMEs, record the required policies, controls, senior-level compliance officer, and independent audit function for the due-diligence system; review mitigation decisions at least annually.
Sources for this answer
Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
Article 11 supports adequate and proportionate mitigation, example measures, documentation, annual review, and the additional policies, compliance, and audit controls for non-SME operators.
Section 4

Evidence records to keep for Article 10 and Article 11 decisions

The evidence record should be useful to the release team, downstream recipients, and competent authorities. It should not be a detached narrative that cannot be reconciled to the supplier file, geolocation evidence, or due diligence statement reference.

Keep the record at the same level as the actual release decision: if release happens by shipment, batch, supplier lot, or product family, the and evidence should make that unit clear.

  • Assessment unit: product, commodity, supplier, country or part of country, production plot or establishment evidence, and intended placement or export action.
  • evidence index: geolocation or permitted simplified location information, deforestation-free evidence, legality evidence, supplier identity, and chain-of-custody records.
  • risk record: criteria reviewed, risk signals found, documents rejected or accepted, reviewer, conclusion, and reason the risk is no, negligible, or not negligible.
  • mitigation record: additional information requested, independent checks or audits, supplier corrective actions, mitigation result, and the final reviewer decision.
  • Release evidence: due diligence statement submission or simplified declaration identifier where applicable, reference numbers passed down the supply chain, and the record retention owner.
Sources for this answer
Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
Articles 4, 9, 11, and 12 support authority access, mitigation records, annual review, statement retention, and due-diligence-system records.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1565
Current amendment to the Information System rules used for DDS and simplified-declaration records.
Section 5

Low-risk production does not remove the need to document the shortcut

Article 13 provides a limited simplification for low-risk production. Operators still need to check supply-chain complexity and risks of circumvention or mixing and provide documentation showing when a competent authority requests it.

If new information, , or supply-chain facts point to non-compliance or circumvention, the operator cannot rely on for that product flow. Complete the assessment and any required mitigation before placing the product on the market or exporting it.

  • Record the low-risk country or part-of-country basis used for the simplified route.
  • Document the supply-chain complexity, mixing, and circumvention checks that support the simplified route.
  • Keep the evidence available for authority requests rather than treating the low-risk label as self-executing.
  • Escalate back to full risk assessment and mitigation if credible information undercuts the simplified-route conclusion.
Sources for this answer
Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
Article 13 supports omitting Articles 10 and 11 only after low-risk production is ascertained and complexity, circumvention, and mixing have been assessed and documented.
Primary sources

References and citations

Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
eur-lex.europa.eu
Referenced sections
  • Article 13 supports omitting Articles 10 and 11 only after low-risk production is ascertained and complexity, circumvention, and mixing have been assessed and documented.
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