The EU Deforestation Regulation, without the guesswork.

Is the EUDR delayed? Current status and every confirmed date

The EUDR has been postponed twice. It now applies from 30 December 2026 for large and medium companies and 30 June 2027 for micro and small ones. Here is the current status, the full timeline, and what changed in the May 2026 simplification package.

The EUDR timeline: every deadline, by company size

Which EUDR application date applies to you, how company size is determined under the EU definition, and what happens in the eighteen-month gap between the two dates.

EUDR news: what changed this month

A running record of EUDR developments, Commission guidance, implementing acts, information-system changes and enforcement news, newest first.

What is the EUDR? A plain explanation in ten minutes

The EU Deforestation Regulation explained plainly: what it bans, which seven commodities it covers, who it binds, and the three things you have to prove about every consignment.

Who has to comply with the EUDR: operator, trader, SME

Operator or trader? The distinction decides whether you file a due-diligence statement or reference someone else's. Includes the HS-code rule that catches processors out.

The 31 December 2020 cutoff, and why tree-cover loss is not deforestation

The EUDR cutoff date explained: what counts as deforestation, why a satellite alert on your plot is not automatically a breach, and how to resolve one when it appears.

EUDR vs EUTR: what actually changed for timber

If you were compliant under the EU Timber Regulation, here is the delta the EUDR adds: geolocation, a cutoff date, wider product scope, export coverage and a filing obligation.

Filing a due-diligence statement in the EU Information System

How to file an EUDR due-diligence statement step by step: what goes in it, how reference numbers work downstream, and the fields that reject submissions.

EUDR geolocation: coordinates, polygons and the four-hectare rule

What geolocation data the EUDR actually requires: six decimal places, polygons above four hectares, GeoJSON formatting, and what to do about plots you cannot reach.

The Article 10 risk assessment: from fourteen factors to a determination

How to run the EUDR Article 10 risk assessment: the fourteen factors you must consider, what negligible risk has to look like on paper, and how Article 11 mitigation works.

EUDR penalties and enforcement: what a failed check costs

What competent authorities can do under the EUDR, how often they check by risk tier, and the penalties the regulation requires member states to provide for, including fines of at least 4% of EU turnover.

Collecting plot data from smallholders and cooperatives

The hardest part of EUDR compliance: getting plot geolocation out of supply chains that run through cooperatives and thousands of smallholders. Practical routes, sequencing and what goes wrong.

EUDR record-keeping: five years, an annual review, a public report

What the EUDR requires you to keep and for how long, what the annual due-diligence review has to cover, and what non-SME operators must publish every year.

EUDR in Germany: the BLE, national penalties and how enforcement works

Germany's EUDR competent authority is the BLE. What it expects, how German enforcement is being set up, and what operators placing products on the German market need to prepare.

EUDR in Italy: competent authority, penalties and enforcement

EUDR in Italy: the competent authority is Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF). What it expects, national enforcement, and what operators placing products in Italy need to prepare.

EUDR in the Netherlands: competent authority, penalties and enforcement

EUDR in the Netherlands: the competent authority is Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA). What it expects, national enforcement, and what operators placing products in the Netherlands need to prepare.

EUDR in Finland: competent authority, penalties and enforcement

EUDR in Finland: the competent authority is Ruokavirasto. What it expects, national enforcement, and what operators placing products in Finland need to prepare.

EUDR in Sweden: competent authority, penalties and enforcement

EUDR in Sweden: the competent authority is Skogsstyrelsen. What it expects, national enforcement, and what operators placing products in Sweden need to prepare.

EUDR in Spain: competent authority, penalties and enforcement

EUDR in Spain: the competent authority is Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO). What it expects, national enforcement, and what operators placing products in Spain need to prepare.

EUDR compliance software compared: what the category actually contains

The EUDR software market splits into four types of tool that solve different problems. How to tell them apart, what to ask, and which one fits your supply chain.

Konstata or osapiens: choosing EUDR software for coffee

An honest comparison of two very different EUDR tools: a broad multi-regulation compliance platform and a coffee-specialised due-diligence system. What each is built for, and when the other one is the right answer.

A buyer's checklist for EUDR compliance systems

Thirty questions to ask an EUDR software vendor before you commit, covering plot data, screening evidence, filing, audit trail and commercial terms, with the answers that should worry you.