The EU market-access regulations, explained.

Plain-language guides to each EU regulation — what it is, who it applies to, the deadlines, and how compliance works. Every line is cited to the legal act it comes from.

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Jute sacks of green coffee stacked on wooden pallets in a European warehouse under flat grey daylight, rows of pallets receding down the aisle behind them

EUDR4 Sept 2026

EUDR country risk classification: low, standard or high

Regulation (EU) 2025/1093 lists 140 low-risk and 4 high-risk countries. Everything else — Brazil, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire — is standard risk by default.

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Stacked timber and sawn boards held under a tarpaulin in a European port yard under flat grey light, a customs seal visible on the nearest bundle

EUDR25 Aug 2026

EUDR penalties: what non-compliance actually costs

Article 25 sets a floor under the ceiling: national maximum fines must reach at least 4% of EU-wide turnover. Here is the full list, and what bites before any fine.

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A cocoa smallholding under scattered shade trees on a hillside at dawn, low mist sitting in the valley and the plot boundary indistinct where the canopy closes over it

EUDR22 Aug 2026

EUDR plot needs evidence after a satellite check: what next

"Needs evidence" is not a fail and not a pass. Here is what Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Article 11(1) lets you do next, and why the satellite result never flips to clear.

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Guides by regulation

All compliance modules, one clear starting point.

Choose a regulation to see who it applies to, the key dates, the required data and the source-backed workflow.

EUDR

Deforestation-free supply chains

Keep deforestation out of what you place on the EU market.

Read the guide CBAM

Carbon border adjustment

The carbon price on the heavy goods you import into the EU.

Educational guide only — this module is not part of the current public offer.

Read the guide DPP

Digital product passport

The passport required from 18 February 2027 for LMT, EV and industrial batteries over 2 kWh.

Educational guide only — this module is not part of the current public offer.

Read the guide PPWR

Packaging & packaging waste

The EU's packaging rules and producer take-back (EPR) duties.

Educational guide only — this module is not part of the current public offer.

Read the guide SCIP

SVHC-in-articles notification

Notifying ECHA when your article contains a substance of very high concern.

Educational guide only — this module is not part of the current public offer.

Read the guide LUCID

German packaging register

Registration, Datenmeldung and the ZSVR register lookup.

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The duty list keeps growing.

More EU acts land on the same goods every year. These are cited here so you can see what is coming.

Also applies to goods entering the EU

EU Forced Labour RegulationRegulation (EU) 2024/3015
Battery + WEEE EPR registrationRegulation (EU) 2023/1542, Art. 56; Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE)
Textile EPRRevised Waste Framework Directive (in force 16 Oct 2025)
Digital Product Passport — textilesESPR — Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (Working Plan COM(2025) 187)
VSME / CSRD supplier data-prepEFRAG VSME standard; CSRD value-chain-cap delegated act (~Jun 2026)
General Product Safety RegulationRegulation (EU) 2023/988 (applies 13 Dec 2024)

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