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

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What is EUDR?

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) makes it illegal to place certain commodities on the EU market — or export them from it — unless you can prove they were not grown on land that was deforested after 31 December 2020. The idea is simple: the EU no longer wants its consumption of these goods to drive forest loss anywhere in the world.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 1 + Art. 2(13) (cut-off date 31 Dec 2020) · captured 2026-07-10

It covers seven commodities and the products made from them: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood. If your goods fall under one of these headings, the regulation applies to them regardless of where in the world they were produced.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I (relevant commodities and relevant products) · captured 2026-07-10

For an operator, the core filing is a Due Diligence Statement (DDS): a declaration submitted before the goods are placed or exported, supported by the required due-diligence information including production-plot geolocation. The Information System issues a reference number or declaration identifier that the operator communicates downstream. Qualifying micro and small primary operators use the separate Article 4a simplified declaration path.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 4(1)-(2) + Art. 9(1)(d) (geolocation) + Art. 33 (Information System) · captured 2026-07-10

Clearlane checks plot geolocation against the cited format, records configured forest-cover evidence indicators for the operator’s risk assessment, and prepares due-diligence data plus a structural registry preview for review. Those indicators are evidence, not proof or a compliance verdict.

SourceEUDR GeoJSON File Description v1.5 (European Commission / TRACES); Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(28) (geolocation format) · captured 2026-07-10

Who must comply with EUDR?

Operators — anyone who first places a relevant product on the EU market, or exports it from the EU. The operator carries the full due-diligence obligation and files the DDS before the goods move.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 4(1)-(2) · captured 2026-07-10

All downstream operators and traders keep the prescribed supplier and customer information, and must immediately notify the competent authorities and the downstream parties they supplied when relevant new information indicates that a product they have already placed or made available is at risk of non-compliance (Article 5(5)). Non-SME downstream operators and non-SME traders must also register in the Information System before making relevant products available on the market or exporting them (Article 5(2)), inform the competent authorities of relevant non-compliance information before placing or making available, and verify that due diligence was exercised in the case of substantiated concerns (Article 5(6)). Merely making a product available does not create a new full DDS.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 5(2), 5(5) and 5(6), current consolidation 02023R1115-20251226 · captured 2026-07-19

A qualifying micro or small primary operator may submit a one-time simplified declaration under Article 4a. Application timing also depends on the Article 38 cohort; the 30 June 2027 date is limited to natural persons and operators established as micro or small undertakings by 31 December 2024, and does not delay products already covered by the EU Timber Regulation.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Arts. 4a and 38(3), current consolidation 02023R1115-20251226 · captured 2026-07-14

Does this apply to me?

Answer a few questions. The verdict is this regulation's own cited scope data — no account, and nothing you answer is sent to us. The last step downloads one static table of those cited answers from this site, chosen by what you answered.

Turn on JavaScript to run the interactive check. The questions and options are listed below.

  1. What is your role in the supply chain?

    The current regulation separates full operator DDS duties, simplified primary-operator declarations, and downstream information-retention duties.

    • Operator — I first place products on the market or export them
    • Micro/small primary operator — I place products I produced myself
    • Downstream operator/trader — I am not an SME
    • Downstream operator/trader — I am an SME
    • Not sure

  2. Do your products contain, or derive from, any of these commodities?

    Cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya, or wood.

    • Yes
    • No
    • Not sure

  3. Do you place, make available, or export these products in the EU?

    First placement/export triggers the operator path; making an already-placed product available triggers the separate downstream Article 5 path.

    • Yes
    • No, I do not place, supply, or export them
    • Not sure

  4. Has the exact CN/HS product code and Annex I description been confirmed?

    A commodity family alone is not enough. Conditional “ex” lines also need product facts, not only a heading.

    • Yes — the exact product classification and any conditions were checked
    • No — I only know the commodity family
    • Not sure

  5. Was this product first placed on the EU market before the applicable EUDR date?

    Earlier stock can require separate transitional evidence. A conventional customs reference is not a DDS reference.

    • No — it is being placed or exported under the EUDR period
    • Yes — it may be transitional stock
    • Not sure

When are the deadlines?

  1. 31 December 2020

    Deforestation cut-off date

    Not a deadline for you, but the line the whole regulation turns on: a commodity is 'deforestation-free' only if it was produced on land that was not subject to deforestation after this date. Plots cleared after 31 Dec 2020 fail regardless of when you import.

    SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(13) · captured 2026-07-10

  2. 29 June 2023

    Regulation in force

    The EUDR entered into force on this date. The obligations below apply from later dates, but the cut-off for what counts as deforested is fixed at 31 December 2020 — earlier than the regulation itself.

    SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 38(1) · captured 2026-07-10

  3. 30 December 2026

    General application date

    From this date the general EUDR application begins. Operators submit DDS filings before placing or export; downstream operators and traders follow the separate Article 5 information duties.

    SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 38(2), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 · captured 2026-07-10

  4. 30 June 2027

    Micro and small enterprises

    This later date is limited to natural persons and operators established as micro or small undertakings by 31 Dec 2024. It does not apply to products already covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010.

    SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 38(3), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 · captured 2026-07-10

How do you actually comply?

  1. Assemble

    The law requires the geolocation of all plots of land where the commodity was produced — so the first step is to attach each commodity and link the plot geometry it covers. Without those coordinates there is nothing to check against a forest baseline.

    SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 9(1)(d) (geolocation in due diligence) · captured 2026-07-10

  2. Validate

    Geolocation is only useful if it is in the exact machine-readable form the EU registry can read: coordinates to at least six decimals, and plots larger than 4 hectares given as closed polygons rather than a single point. Validation checks every plot against that cited format before anything moves forward.

    SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(28); EUDR GeoJSON File Description v1.5 · captured 2026-07-10

  3. Satellite verify

    Remote-sensing indicators can support the operator’s risk assessment. Clearlane records the provider, baseline and result as a reproducible evidence bundle, but satellite imagery is not proof of compliance and does not by itself establish that goods are deforestation-free.

    SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(13) (deforestation-free) + Art. 9(1)(d) · captured 2026-07-10

  4. Ready

    The DDS must be submitted before an operator places the goods on the market or exports them. 'Ready' here means configured plot evidence and the structural registry preview can be reviewed; it does not by itself conclude every Article 9–11 legality, risk-assessment or mitigation duty. Registry submission remains the operator's responsibility outside Clearlane's READY boundary.

    SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 4(1)-(2) · captured 2026-07-10

What do the terms mean?

Due Diligence Statement (DDS)

The declaration you file before placing or exporting in-scope goods. It confirms that due diligence was carried out and that the commodity is deforestation-free and legally produced, and it carries the plot geolocation.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 4(1)-(2) · captured 2026-07-10

Operator

The party that first places a relevant product on the EU market or exports it. The operator holds the full due-diligence duty and is the one who files the DDS.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 4(1)-(2) · captured 2026-07-10

Downstream operator / trader

A party that makes an already-placed relevant product available further down the chain. Article 5 requires supplier/customer records and, where the supplier is an operator, the upstream DDS reference or declaration identifier. A downstream party does not create a new DDS merely because it makes the product available.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 5, current consolidation 02023R1115-20251226 · captured 2026-07-14

Deforestation-free

Produced on land that was not subject to deforestation after 31 December 2020. This is the substantive test the whole regulation turns on.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(13) · captured 2026-07-10

Geolocation

The coordinates of the plots of land where the commodity was produced — to at least six decimal places, and as a polygon for plots over 4 hectares. This is what ties a shipment to specific ground.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(28) · captured 2026-07-10

The 4-hectare rule

A plot larger than 4 hectares must be described as a polygon (its full outline), not a single point. Smaller plots may be given as a point. It decides whether a point or a polygon is acceptable geometry.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(28) · captured 2026-07-10

Cattle establishment exception

An establishment that keeps cattle may be declared as a single point regardless of its area — the only commodity that escapes the polygon requirement above 4 hectares.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 9(1)(d) + Art. 2(28) · captured 2026-07-10

Relevant commodity / relevant product

The goods in scope: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya, wood — and the products derived from them, identified by their HS/customs headings in Annex I.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I · captured 2026-07-10

DDS reference number

The identifier the Information System issues for an operator statement. The operator communicates the reference number or declaration identifier downstream, and downstream operators/traders retain it when their supplier is an operator.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Arts. 4(7), 5(3) and 33 · captured 2026-07-14

Information System (TRACES)

The EU's central electronic system where Due Diligence Statements are registered and their reference numbers stored and exchanged between operators, traders and authorities.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 33 · captured 2026-07-10

GeoJSON File Description

The European Commission's technical specification (v1.5) for the geolocation file the registry accepts — the coordinate system, geometry types and properties your plot data must match.

SourceEUDR GeoJSON File Description v1.5, European Commission / TRACES · captured 2026-07-10

Micro / small enterprise

A size cohort with specific treatment, not a blanket exemption. Qualifying micro/small primary operators may use Article 4a; the later Article 38 date applies only to the specified cohort established by 31 Dec 2024 and excludes products already covered by the EU Timber Regulation.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Arts. 4a and 38(3) · captured 2026-07-14

What happens if you don't comply?

For operators, the regulation is a market-access condition: an operator may not place relevant products on the market or export them without first exercising due diligence and submitting the required DDS (or using the Article 4a path where every condition is met).

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Arts. 3, 4(1)-(2) and 4a · captured 2026-07-14

All downstream operators and traders must retain the Article 5 supplier/customer details, and must immediately notify the competent authorities and their downstream customers when relevant new information indicates that a product they have already placed or made available is at risk of non-compliance (Article 5(5)). Non-SME downstream operators and non-SME traders must also register in the Information System before making relevant products available on the market or exporting them (Article 5(2)), inform the competent authorities of relevant non-compliance information before placing or making available, and verify that due diligence was exercised in the case of substantiated concerns (Article 5(6)).

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 5(2), 5(5) and 5(6), current consolidation 02023R1115-20251226 · captured 2026-07-19

Technical references

The precise, checkable material behind this guide — formats, error meanings and free tools.

SourceRegulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/3234 and Regulation (EU) 2025/2650. · eudr@1.0.5