EUDR
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 — Deforestation-free products, amended by Regulations (EU) 2024/3234 and 2025/2650
Topic : Deforestation · Level : Regional
Today
Applies 30 Dec 2026 (large/medium), 30 Jun 2027 (micro/small). No new delay proposed as of 24 Oct 2026.
Summary
The EUDR bans placing on the EU market cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soya, rubber, wood and derived goods linked to deforestation after 2020. Application is now 30 Dec 2026 for large and medium firms and 30 Jun 2027 for small ones.
Who is concerned
- Turnover
- non précisé
- Employees
- non précisé
- Listed company
- non précisé
- Sectors
- Cattle, cocoa, coffee
- Oil palm, soya
- Rubber, wood
- Paper, leather (derived)
- Triggering activities
- Placing listed commodities on EU market
- Exporting them from the EU
- Being first downstream operator or trader
- Extraterritorial reach
- Yes
Producers abroad must provide plot geolocation and legality proof; cut-off date 31 Dec 2020.
- Examples
- EU importer of Chinese wooden furniture
- Tyre maker sourcing natural rubber
- Packaging firm buying paper and board from Asia
What the law requires
- Collect plot geolocation and proof of deforestation-free production
- Assess and mitigate risk, then submit a due diligence statement
- Pass reference numbers down the chain (first downstream operator)
- Keep records for five years
Penalties
Set by Member States; maximum fine at least 4% of EU-wide annual turnover, plus confiscation and exclusion from public procurement.
What this changes for a supplier in China
Chinese makers of wood, paper, rubber or leather goods for the EU must trace raw materials to plot and prove legality, even when the fibre comes from third countries.
Expected evidence
- Geolocation of harvest plots
- Legality documents (permits, FSC/PEFC chain)
- Bill of materials linking product to raw material lot
Tiers : Tier 1-N