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The EUDR is a new European Union regulation requiring companies to prove that certain commodities and products are not linked to deforestation or forest degradation, and produced in accordance with local laws. It applies to 'operators' and 'traders' placing goods like coffee, cocoa, cattle, soy, palm oil, wood, and rubber on the EU market – or exporting them from it.

The regulation applies from 30 December 2025 for large companies with a 6 month grace period before penalties kick in, and 30 December 2026 for SMEs (ie a company which meets at least two of the following three criteria: up to 250 employees, €40m turnover, €20m balance sheet). Goods produced from 29 June 2023 onwards are in scope. Businesses must be ready to submit due diligence statements for any in-scope products and commodities placed on or exported from the EU market by these deadlines. 

The EUDR applies to seven key commodities:

Cattle
Cocoa
Coffee
Palm Oil 
Rubber
Soya
Wood
And their derived products (e.g., leather, chocolate, furniture, paper). The scope may be expanded by the European Commission.

Under EUDR, “deforestation-free” means that the commodity or the derived product has not been produced on land where deforestation has occurred anytime after 31 December 2020, i.e. conversion of forest into agricultural land, regardless of whether the conversion was human-induced or not. For wood or wood-derived products, companies must also prove they are "degradation-free", i.e. no structural changes to a forest leading to a reduction in its quality and biodiversity – such as converting primary forest into plantation forest – have taken place. 

To prove that no deforestation or forest degradation occurred, companies must trace back to all plots of land from which the product or commodity was produced, and provide geolocation data for these plots of land. This means polygon outlining full plot boundaries for most cases, or single-point coordinates for plots under 4 hectares. The exception is cattle, where single-point coordinates can be provided.

Yes. Ongoing monitoring is necessary to maintain compliance after undertaking your initial due diligence and risk assessment / mitigation, as long as you continue to source from the same plot. Deforestation activity near the relevant plot or significant events such as fires can affect the ‘deforestation-free’ status of that plot after the initial assessment, so it is important to proactively monitor this before it becomes a non-compliance issue.

A DDS is a formal declaration submitted via the EU’s TRACES system, affirming that the products are deforestation-free, legally sourced and compliance with all relevant local laws and regulations. It must contain verifiable data on product information and quantities, geolocation data of all production plots, contact details of suppliers and declaration of compliance with EUDR. All DDS and any supplementary records (e.g. risk assessment or mitigation information supporting the DDS) must be retained for a minimum of 5 years and provided to regulatory authorities on request.

Penalties for non-compliance will vary depending on the Member State enforcing it, but it can include confiscation of products, being temporarily blocked from dealing in the EU market, reputational damage, and maximum fines of at least 4% of annual EU turnover.

Treefera provides plot-level geolocation data, land-use verification, and real-time deforestation monitoring – all in one platform. Our AI-enabled data fabric turns fragmented supply chain data into audit-ready, defensible insights aligned to EUDR standards.

Yes. Our platform is designed to handle complex supply chain environments involving composite products and smallholders, using scalable geospatial tools and adaptive AI to close traceability gaps.