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Make sense of the EU Deforestation Regulation, fast.
Plain-English answers, free tools, and updates you can trust, for any company caught by the EUDR. We read the regulation so you don't have to.
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Confirmed deadlines
Large and medium operators and traders.
"Operator" = the company that first places an in-scope product on the EU market or exports it. "Trader" = a company further down the chain that makes it available.
Micro and small enterprises.
Smaller companies get an extra six months, and some simplified routes may apply.
These dates are confirmed in law after the second delay (December 2025). They are not moving again unless Brussels says so, and if it does, we'll tell you.
What applies to me? →Got an email demanding your "EUDR DDS"? Start here.
A bank, a freight forwarder, a customs broker or your biggest EU customer just asked for your "EUDR data" or your "DDS," and you have no idea what that means or whether it even applies to you. You don't have a compliance team. You're worried a shipment will get stuck or you'll lose a customer.
Take a breath. Most of this is more manageable than it looks once someone explains it plainly. A DDS is a Due Diligence Statement, the short declaration you file to say your product is deforestation-free and legally produced. We'll help you work out whether you're in scope, what you actually have to do, and by when. No jargon, no sales pitch.
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The explainers and tools here are free. They're built by the team behind Spureon, our EUDR-compliance software, so when doing it by hand stops scaling you know where to go. Either way the guidance traces to official sources, not to a sales pitch.
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The EUDR keeps moving: two delays, a 2026 simplification package, a country-list review and a TRACES rework. Every page carries the sources we used and the date we last checked them, and we update when things change.
Plain English, with free tools
A scope checker, a country-risk lookup, a glossary and a deadline tracker, written for people without a legal team. Terms are explained the first time we use them, then linked to the glossary.
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By the numbers
The EUDR in a few numbers
The figures worth keeping in your head. Each one is set in law or in the official guidance we link from the pillar page.
In scope: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood, plus many products derived from them.
Goods linked to land deforested after this date are not allowed on the EU market.
Belarus, Myanmar, North Korea and Russia. Around 140 countries are low-risk; everywhere else is "standard."
The minimum fine for the most serious breaches: at least 4% of a company's EU-wide annual turnover.
Official checks run at 9% of operators in high-risk countries, 3% in standard-risk and 1% in low-risk.
EUDR FAQ
Common EUDR questions
What is the EUDR?
The EUDR is the EU Deforestation Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115. It bans products linked to deforestation after 31 December 2020 from being sold in, or exported from, the EU, and requires companies to prove their products are deforestation-free and legally produced. It covers seven commodities (cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood) and many products made from them.
Am I in scope for the EUDR?
You are likely in scope if you handle one of the seven commodities (cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya, wood) or an Annex I derived product such as leather, chocolate, furniture, paper or tyres, and you place it on the EU market, make it available or export it. Your duties depend on your role, operator or trader, and your company size. The free scope assessment gives you a plain-English answer.
What are the EUDR deadlines and current status?
Large and medium operators and traders must comply from 30 December 2026, and micro and small enterprises from 30 June 2027, after the second delay confirmed in December 2025. The 2026 simplification package added lighter routes and a downstream-operator category, and the TRACES Information System is being relaunched around mid-2026. See the full tracker.
Who has to comply with the EUDR?
EU-side operators (companies that first place an in-scope product on the EU market or export it), traders and the new downstream-operator category. Non-EU suppliers are not directly regulated, but they are pulled in contractually because EU buyers must collect geolocation and legality data from them.
What products are covered by the EUDR?
Seven commodities (cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood) plus a long list of derived products in Annex I, such as leather, chocolate, coffee, furniture, paper, palm oil and tyres. Each product is listed by its CN/HS customs code, so you confirm scope by matching your product code against Annex I.
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