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Make sense of the EU Deforestation Regulation, fast.
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Find your way through the EU Deforestation Regulation.
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.
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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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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.
Commodities in scope: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood, plus many products derived from them.
The cut-off date. Goods linked to land deforested after this date are not allowed on the EU market.
Countries currently classed high-risk (Belarus, Myanmar, North Korea and Russia). Around 140 are low-risk; everywhere else is "standard."
The minimum fine for serious breaches, set at no less than 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.
From the Brief
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