EU Deforestation RegulationEUDR
EUDR application dates were postponed twice. The current dates are 30 December 2026 for large operators and 30 June 2027 for micro and small enterprises, set by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650. Operators must also collect plot-level geolocation coordinates from suppliers upstream.
- Instrument
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
- As amended by (EU) 2025/2650
- Large operators
- 30 December 2026
- Micro and small enterprises
- 30 June 2027
- Cut-off date
- 31 December 2020
- Land deforested after this date makes a product non-compliant
- Commodities in scope
- 7
- Oil palm, soya, wood, cocoa, coffee, cattle, rubber
- Minimum maximum fine
- 4% of EU turnover
- Article 25 — a floor for member states, not a ceiling
Where these figures come from
Deadlines traced to the amending instrument, not to secondary reporting
The current dates come from Regulation (EU) 2025/2650, published in the Official Journal on 23 December 2025 — the second postponement. Dates of 30 December 2024 or 30 December 2025 refer to superseded law. Commodity scope is shown with each commodity's share of EU-driven deforestation as stated in Recital 38 of the regulation.
EUDR (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115) bans placing seven commodities and their derived products on the EU market unless they are deforestation-free, legally produced, and covered by a due diligence statement. Large operators and traders must comply from 30 December 2026; micro and small enterprises from 30 June 2027. Land deforested after 31 December 2020 makes a product non-compliant. Member states must set maximum fines of at least 4% of the operator's total annual EU-wide turnover.
Plot-level geolocation data
The due diligence statement is the formal obligation. The regulation also requires latitude and longitude for every plot of land where the commodity was produced, to at least six decimal places.
That data must reach the plot, not only the direct supplier. For a chocolate manufacturer or a furniture importer, the information sits several tiers upstream with producers who may not previously have been asked for coordinates.
Market-access scope for non-EU operators
Non-EU producers and exporters are in scope whenever their products are placed on the EU market or exported from it. Establishment outside the Union is not an exemption; it determines who in the chain carries the due diligence statement.
Penalties
Article 25 sets a floor, not a ceiling: each member state must provide for a maximum fine of at least 4% of total annual Union-wide turnover.
Fines from 4% of EU turnover
Member states must set a maximum of at least 4% of the operator's or trader's total annual Union-wide turnover, and may go higher — fines can be raised to exceed any economic benefit gained from the breach.
Confiscation of products and revenues
Authorities can seize the non-compliant products and the revenues earned from selling them.
Exclusion from public procurement
Temporary exclusion from public procurement, public funding, grants and tenders for up to 12 months.
Ban on placing or exporting
Temporary prohibition on placing the relevant products on the EU market or exporting them from it.
Does this apply to you?
Scope follows the product. A business that places any of the seven commodities or their derived products on the EU market is in scope.
- Operators placing in-scope products on the EU market, or exporting them from it
- Traders further down the chain, with lighter duties for SMEs
- Non-EU producers and exporters whose goods reach the EU market
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Common questions
- When does EUDR apply?
- Large operators and traders from 30 December 2026; micro and small enterprises and natural persons from 30 June 2027. These dates come from Regulation (EU) 2025/2650, published in the Official Journal on 23 December 2025.
- Has the EUDR deadline been delayed again?
- Yes, twice. The current dates are 30 December 2026 for large operators and 30 June 2027 for micro and small enterprises, under Regulation (EU) 2025/2650. Dates of 30 December 2024 or 30 December 2025 refer to superseded law.
- What geolocation data does EUDR require?
- Latitude and longitude for every plot of land where the commodity was produced, to at least six decimal places.
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