EUDR. European Deforestation Regulation Compliance Services

• The seven commodities covered under the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) are cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soy, and wood.

The relevant products listed in Annex I of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) are within scope of the regulation.  

• How we support you: We conduct scoping verification and supplier mapping assessments to determine full product exposure, including comprehensive data collection from all production levels tiers (i.e., from growing and harvesting steps in the supply chain. 

• Products must be produced, i.e., grown, harvested, obtained from or raised on relevant plots of land or, as regards cattle, on establishments; from land that has not been subject to deforestation after 31 December 2020.  

• For relevant products containing wood, this includes forest degradation. 

• How we support you: We validate plot‑level land use history using satellite overlays and historical forest‑cover datasets. 

• Medium & Large Operators: 30 December 2026 

• Micro & Small Operators (est. by 31 Dec 2024, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU): 30 June 2027 (excluding Annex products under the European Union Timber Regulation) 

• How we support you: We build phased readiness roadmaps backward from enforcement deadlines to ensure timely, practical compliance. 

• Operator: the first person or company to place a relevant commodity or product on the EU market or export it, excluding downstream operators. 

• Downstream Operator: a person or company selling or exporting products made from other relevant products, all covered by due diligence. 

• ‘Micro or Small Primary Operator’: defined as micro or small in accordance regulation and established in a low-risk country in accordance with Art. 29, who produces the relevant commodities themselves (i.e., growing, harvesting, obtaining, or raising) and places or exports those products on the EU market. 

• Trader: any person in the supply chain, other than an operator or downstream operator, who makes relevant products available on the EU market, meaning any supply of a relevant product for distribution, use, or consumption. 

• How we support you: We identify each legal role in the supply chain and due diligence obligations. 

Penalties shall be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive, and shall include: 

• Fines - fines shall be at least 4% of total EU-wide annual turnover. 

• Confiscation - of relevant products and revenue gained. 

• Temporary exclusions - up to 12 months from public procurement, funding, grants, and concessions. 

• Market restrictions – temporary prohibition from placing, making available, or exporting relevant commodities/products in cases of serious or repeated infringements. 

• Due diligence restrictions - prohibition from using the simplified due diligence (Art. 13) process for serious or repeated infringements. 

• How we support you: We design audit‑ready compliance frameworks. 

• 'Geolocation' refers to the geographical location of a plot of land, expressed using latitude and longitude coordinates with at least six decimal digits. For plots larger than four hectares (except for cattle production), geolocation must be provided as polygons with enough latitude and longitude points to accurately describe the perimeter of each plot. 

• For products containing cattle, geolocation must cover all establishments where the animals were kept. Only a single latitude and longitude point (not polygons) is required for each establishment. 

• Upstream Operators must collect the geolocation of all plots of land where the relevant commodities used in a product were produced, along with the date or time range of production. If a product contains commodities sourced from multiple plots, the geolocation details for all plots must be included. 

• How we support you: We offer a supplier portal to support data collection from suppliers in both a proactive and reactive manner, complemented with supplier training tailored to their specific requirements.