EU product compliance
EUDR
EUDR: EU Deforestation Regulation
EU Deforestation Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
The EUDR requires covered commodities and products to be deforestation-free and produced legally. Businesses must connect products to their origins and support the required due diligence. For wood, furniture and paper supply chains, this means collecting evidence beyond direct suppliers.
Who it applies to
Operators and traders dealing with covered cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood commodities or products listed in the regulation's annex. Whether a particular furniture, paper or packaging product is covered depends on its classification and your role. Since the 2025 amendment, only the operator that first places a product on the EU market submits a due diligence statement. Operators and traders further down the chain mainly keep records.
- Home Goods & Furniture
- Packaging & Paper
Key dates
29 Jun 2023
EUDR enters into force
26 Dec 2025
Amending Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 enters into force, postponing application and simplifying obligations
30 Dec 2026
Applies to large and medium operators and traders
30 Jun 2027
Applies to micro and small operators
What the law requires
- Covers wood and products listed in Annex I, such as solid wood, furniture, pulp and paper. Printed products are excluded, and packaging used only to protect or carry another product is generally out of scope
- Products must be deforestation-free (no deforestation after 31 December 2020), legally produced and covered by due diligence
- Geolocation of every plot of land where the wood was harvested
- The operator first placing the product on the EU market submits a due diligence statement (micro and small primary operators can use a simplified declaration). Downstream operators and traders keep supplier and customer records
How VERAEN will help
- Supplier portal to collect geolocation polygons and harvest data
- Automated risk screening against deforestation cut-off date (31 Dec 2020)
- Due diligence data prepared for your statement or simplified declaration, linked to purchase orders
- Evidence reused across repeat orders from the same origin
Official sources
Last reviewed: October 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
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