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EUDR Scope Assessment

Not sure if the EU Deforestation Regulation applies to your business? Answer a few plain-English questions and get a tailored steer: whether it applies, in what role, by when, and what to do next.

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Does your business deal in any of the seven EUDR commodities, or a product made from them?

The seven are cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood. That also covers many derived products listed in Annex I: leather, chocolate, coffee products, furniture, paper, printed material, tyres and more. Think about what you place on the EU market, make available, or export.

The short version

How EUDR scope works

Three things decide whether the regulation lands on you: your product, your role, and your size. Here is each in plain English.

TL;DR

The EUDR applies if your business places on the EU market, makes available, or exports a product that is or contains one of seven commodities, or a product derived from them. Your role (operator, trader or downstream operator) sets how much you have to do, and your size sets your deadline: 30 December 2026 for medium and large companies, 30 June 2027 for micro and small ones.

The seven commodities, plus their derived products

The regulation covers seven raw commodities: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood. It then reaches a long list of products made from them, set out in Annex I of the regulation. That list includes leather, chocolate and other cocoa products, coffee products, furniture, paper and printed material, tyres and many more. Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I

Annex I works through customs classification codes (the Combined Nomenclature, or CN). A useful rule of thumb: products are grouped by the first few digits of their CN code, so if your product sits in a covered code family it is worth checking the specific entry rather than assuming you are clear. Wood and paper components, or leather and rubber parts, can pull an otherwise unrelated product into scope.

Operator, trader or downstream operator

Your role decides how much work you do. An operator is the company that first places an in-scope product on the EU market, or exports it. Operators carry the fullest duties: collect the information, including geolocation of the plots where the commodity was produced, assess the risk, mitigate it, and file a due diligence statement.

A trader is a company further down the chain that makes an already-placed product available. A downstream operator, a category added in the December 2025 revision, places or exports products built from material that is already covered by someone else's due diligence statement. Both of these have lighter, mostly data-passing obligations: they collect and keep supplier details and reference numbers, and pass those numbers on. European Commission, EUDR overview

Size sets your deadline

The dates are confirmed in law after the second delay in December 2025. Medium and large operators and traders must comply from 30 December 2026. Micro and small enterprises have until 30 June 2027, provided they were established as micro or small by 31 December 2024. Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, as amended

One part is still moving

A draft act published in May 2026 proposed removing some products from Annex I, including leather and retreaded tyres, with the consultation closing on 1 June 2026. It is not law yet, so we have not built it into the tool. If it is adopted, we will update this page and tell subscribers of The EUDR Brief.

Scope questions people ask

Is packaging covered by the EUDR?

It can be. The regulation covers products that are or contain one of the seven commodities, and wood and paper are two of them. So wooden pallets, paper packaging or cardboard can fall in scope depending on how they are classified. Packaging that is only used to support, protect or carry another product is generally treated differently from packaging placed on the market as a product in its own right, so check the specific case rather than assuming either way.

Does the EUDR apply to SMEs?

Yes, small and micro businesses can be in scope, but they get more time and lighter routes. Micro and small enterprises have a later application date of 30 June 2027, compared with 30 December 2026 for medium and large companies, if they were established as micro or small by 31 December 2024. Smaller operators may also qualify for simplified routes, and downstream operators mostly collect and pass on reference numbers rather than filing fresh statements.

I only import finished furniture. Am I in scope?

Most likely yes. Wooden furniture is listed in Annex I, and if you are the first to bring it onto the EU market you are an operator with full due diligence duties. If you buy furniture that is already on the EU market and resell it, you are more likely a trader or downstream operator, with lighter, mostly data-passing obligations. The scope checker above will give you a steer based on your role.

We are a supplier outside the EU. Does the EUDR apply to us?

Not directly. The legal duties sit with EU operators, traders and downstream operators. In practice your EU buyers cannot comply without data from you, so they will require geolocation, deforestation-free and legality evidence as a condition of buying. Treat the buyer request as the deadline that matters to you.

This is guidance to help you understand the EUDR, not legal advice. For decisions specific to your business, confirm with the official sources we link or a qualified adviser.

Sources

  1. [1]Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (EUDR), consolidated text on EUR-Lexretrieved 4 Jun 2026
  2. [2]European Commission, Regulation on deforestation-free productsretrieved 4 Jun 2026