EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)

Applies 30 Dec 2026 (large/medium) / 30 Jun 2027 (micro/small)

Commission May 2026 package: no further delay, ~75% burden cut

legality repository due Dec 2026

The main EUDR obligations apply from 30 December 2026; the specified natural-person and micro/small-enterprise cohort follows from 30 June 2027, subject to the stated exception.

Art. 32 annual public reporting on due-diligenceCloseDictionary termDue DiligenceAn ongoing, risk-based process through which an organisation identifies, prevents, mitigates, tracks and communicates how it addresses adverse impacts, and supports remediation where appropriate.Read the full definition → systems

Art. 10 risk assessmentCloseDictionary termRisk AssessmentThe systematic process of identifying hazards and analysing the likelihood and severity of resulting harm — the analytical core of risk management.Read the full definition → criteria — country benchmarkingCloseDictionary termBenchmarkingBenchmarking is the comparison of performance, practice or position against peers, standards, historical results or other reference points.Read the full definition →; presence of forests; indigenous peoplesCloseDictionary termIndigenous PeoplesPeoples with historical continuity, distinct social, cultural or political institutions and enduring relationships with lands and territories, for whom self-identification and community recognition are...Read the full definition →' presence/claims; prevalence of deforestation; supply-chain complexity; risk of mixing/circumvention; complementary information (certification, third-party schemes as risk-assessment input only); substantiated concerns; history of non-compliance.

Art. 11 risk mitigation — additional information/data/certificationCloseDictionary termCertificationA third-party attestation that a product, process, service, system or person fulfils specified requirements within a defined scope.Read the full definition →; independent surveys/audits; support to suppliers (esp. smallholders); outcomeCloseDictionary termOutcomeA short- or medium-term change in behaviour, capacity, practice, condition or performance that follows from outputs and moves a system towards or away from a longer-term impact.Read the full definition → must be negligible risk.

Art. 12 due-diligenceCloseDictionary termDue DiligenceAn ongoing, risk-based process through which an organisation identifies, prevents, mitigates, tracks and communicates how it addresses adverse impacts, and supports remediation where appropriate.Read the full definition → system requirements — public reporting (annual), record-keeping 5 years, annual review.

Art. 13 simplified due diligenceCloseDictionary termDue DiligenceAn ongoing, risk-based process through which an organisation identifies, prevents, mitigates, tracks and communicates how it addresses adverse impacts, and supports remediation where appropriate.Read the full definition → (low-risk countries) — Art. 9 information still required; no Art. 10/11 assessment/mitigation unless substantiated concerns or circumvention risk; DDS still submitted.

Minimum annual checks by competent authorities — 1% of operators/products from low-risk, 3% standard-risk, 9% high-risk countries (plus 9% of quantity for high-risk).

Penalties (Art. 25) — fines at least 4% of EU-wide turnover; confiscation of products/revenues; temporary exclusion from public procurement and from placing on the market (up to 12 months).

Article 25 requires Member State penalties. For legal persons, the maximum fine must be at least 4% of total annual Union-wide turnover, alongside the other listed measures.

Art. 9 information requirements — (a) description incl. trade name, type, HS code; (b) quantity (kg net mass / supplementary units); (c) country of production and parts thereof; (d) geolocation of all plots + date or time range of production; cattle: all establishments from birth to slaughter; (e) supplier name/address/email; (f) buyer (business, downstreamCloseDictionary termDownstreamDownstream refers to activities, customers, users or impacts that occur after an organisation sells, distributes or transfers goods, services or products.Read the full definition → operator or trader) name/address/email; (g) adequately conclusive and verifiable information of deforestation-freeCloseDictionary termDeforestation-freeDeforestation-free means a commodity, product or supply chain is presented as not linked to deforestation within the relevant legal, methodological or sourcing boundary.Read the full definition → status; (h) adequately conclusive and verifiable information of legality per Art. 2(40).