REGULATIONSEUDR

Deforestation Regulation

You are the operator who first places it on the EU market, so the due-diligence statement is yours to file. Where a non-EU party places it, the first EU party making it available is deemed the operator.

FALLS ONSUPPLIERBUYER

This one falls on you directly.

THE OFFICIAL ARTIFACT

What the supplier must actually produce.

Not a certificate. A plot-level record the operator can carry into the EU Information System without re-sourcing it.

WHO SIGNS IT OFF
You submit the due-diligence statement to the EUDR Information System and receive a reference number, which travels down the chain and reaches customs before release.
REQUIRED ARTIFACT · EUDR6 ELEMENTS
Plot geolocation and legality pack
REG. (EU) 2023/1115 · ART. 9 · ANNEX II
Plot geolocationLatitude and longitude to six decimals; polygons for plots above four hectares.
Date or time range of productionWhen the commodity was produced on those plots.
Deforestation-free evidenceAgainst the 31 December 2020 cut-off, for every plot listed.
Legality evidenceLand-use rights, environmental, labour and human rights, tax and trade rules of the country of production.
Product description and HS codeSpecies where wood, quantity in net mass, country of production.
Chain of custodySupplier and customer identity at each handover, so the plot links to the consignment.
THE CHARACTERISTIC FAILURE

An FSC certificate arrives, and it looks like proof.

What arrives is a real certificate. It is not what the statement requires.

WHAT USUALLY ARRIVESINSUFFICIENT
FSC chain-of-custody certificate
CERTIFICATION BODY · ANNUAL AUDIT · SUPPLY-GROUP SCOPE
Certifies the management system, audited annually
Covers a mill or a supply group, not a plot
No coordinates, no production date, no cut-off test
NOT SUFFICIENT
A credible certificate answering a different question. EUDR asks where this batch was grown, not whether a system was audited.
WHAT THE REGULATION NAMESSUFFICIENT
Plot geolocation and legality pack
PRODUCER-SOURCED · SIX-DECIMAL COORDINATES · PER CONSIGNMENT
Coordinates or polygons for every plot in the consignment
Production date range, checked against 31 December 2020
Legality evidence for the country of production
SUFFICIENT
Same wood, same supply chain — recorded at the plot the regulation actually asks about.
THE DELTA: AN AUDITED SYSTEM VS THE COORDINATES OF THE LAND ITSELF
NEXT MILESTONE · EUDR
LAST VERIFIED 9 AUG 2026
125DAYS
NOT YETAPPLIES 30 DEC 2026
Applies to large and medium operators

Micro and small operators follow on 30 June 2027. Geolocation to plot level and a due-diligence statement reference travel with the goods.

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