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EUDR compliance. An updated version of “Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation” on commodities, values and other compliance topics. Second analysis.
You can find below the questions and answers listed by Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation. Is bamboo in scope of the EUDR? What about other products that do not contain or have been made using relevant commodities, but that are listed in Annex I? Products made solely from bamboo are not in scope of the EUDR. Art. 1(1) EUDR defines that for the EUDR the ‘relevant products’ are only those that contain or are made from relevant commodities, amongst them ‘wood’. The definition in Art. 2(2) EUDR also clarifies that for the purposes of the EUDR the HS codes listed in Annex I are only pertinent…
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EUDR compliance. An updated version of “Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation” on commodities, values and other compliance topics. First analysis.
You can find below the questions and answers listed by Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation. These Q&A are divided between this article and another one. What products are included in the Regulation? The Regulation applies only to products listed in its Annex I. Products not included in Annex I are not subject to the requirements of the Regulation, even if they contain relevant commodities in the scope of the Regulation. For example, margarine made from palm oil is not covered by the Regulation. Likewise, products with an HS code not included in Annex I, but which might include components or elements derived from commodities covered by…
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EUDR compliance readiness: a short analysis of the updated version of “Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation”. The land data
Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation” provide with the approach about which to manage the land data. What type of checks may EU Member States Competent Authorities carry out in third countries in case a product is deemed potentially non-compliant with the EUDR? Competent Authorities may conduct field audits in third countries pursuant to Art. 18(2)(e) EUDR, provided that such third countries agree, through cooperation with the administrative authorities of those third countries. It should be noted that the Regulation does not require the EU Member States’ Competent Authorities to consult producing countries if a product is assessed ‘potentially non-compliant’ or ‘non- compliant’. Will Competent Authorities use…
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EUDR compliance readiness: a short analysis of the updated version of “Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation”. The land information
The Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation”about the land information provides with these questions/answers: Should polygons be provided by means of circumference? There is neither an obligation nor a possibility to provide the plot of land information by means of circumference. For plots of land of more than four hectares (for the production of the relevant commodities other than cattle), geolocation has to be provided using polygons (not a unique central point with a circumference) with sufficient latitude and longitude points to describe the perimeter of each plot of land. How should the place of production of mixed goods be declared? The operator needs to declare the…
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EUDR compliance readiness: a short analysis of the updated version of “Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation”. The compliance rules
The Frequently Asked Questions Implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation updated on April 2026 answer the following questions on the traceability and compliance: What if part of a product is non-compliant? If part of a relevant product is non-compliant, the non-compliant part needs to be identified and separated from the rest before the relevant product is placed on the EU market or exported, and that part may be neither placed on the EU market nor exported. If identification and separation cannot be done, for instance because the non-compliant products have been mixed with the rest, then the whole relevant product is non-compliant as it cannot be guaranteed that the conditions…
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EUDR: novità su due diligence e entrata in vigore degli obblighi
La disciplina dell’obbligo di due diligence su prodotti la cui produzione genera deforestazione e degrado forestale (EUDR) si arricchisce dei seguenti provvedimenti: PRIMA NOVITA’ Il comunicato stampa “Regolamento UE sulla deforestazione: Consiglio e Parlamento raggiungono un accordo sulla revisione puntuale” emesso il 4 dicembre 2025 del Consiglio d’Europa riporta quanto l’accordo per: Semplificare il processo di dovuta diligenza; Posticipare l’applicazione del processo di dovuta diligenza “inoltre soppresso il “periodo di grazia” inizialmente proposto dalla Commissione per le grandi e medie imprese, optando invece per una chiara proroga della data di applicazione per tutti gli operatori fino al 30 dicembre 2026, con un ulteriore periodo di riserva di sei mesi per i micro e…
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EU Parliament is ready to negotiate for EUDR simplification
EU Parliament, after the vote held on Wendsday 26 November 2025, is ready to start negotiations with member states on the final shape of the law, which has to be endorsed by both Parliament and the Council and published in the EU Official Journal before the end of 2025, for the one-year delay to enter into force. One year postponement for all companies; Simplification of due diligence requirements. The text of the changes “Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 26 November 2025 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 as regards certain obligations of operators and traders (COM(2025)0652…
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Due diligence deforestazione, EUDR proroga al 30 dicembre 2026 per grandi operatori e al 27 giugno 2027 per PMI
Oggi il parlamento UE ha deciso per la proroga di un anno dell’entrata in vigore della disciplina EUDR (due diligence su deforestazione e degrado forestale). Entro la fine del 2025 ci sarà il provvedimento normativo che stabilisce questa proroga. Si tratta di un evento molto interessante che consente agli operatori economici UE un’occasione per affrontare con maggiore attenzione la preparazione alla compliance alle disposizioni del regolamento UE 2023/1115. Si indicano alcuni link dove si possono trovare delle informazioni utili: Dove posso trovare approfondimenti sull’EUDR ? come devo compliare la bolletta doganale per beni assoggettati all’EUDR? Puoi verificare i documenti caricati in “Due diligence deforestazione e degrado forestale (EUDR): una nuova…
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Possibili rinvio e semplificazione per EUDR entro il 2025
Il Consiglio UE è pronto a negoziare con il Parlamento una serie di modifiche alla disciplina sulla due diligence (Regolamento (UE) 2023/1115 (EUDR)) che verrà richiesta (per i grandi operatori economici), a partire dal 1 gennaio 2026, per l’importazione, immissione in consumo e ed esportazione di bovini, il cacao, il caffè, la palma da olio, la gomma, la soia e il legno, e i loro prodotti derivati immessi sul mercato dell’UE o esportati da tale mercato, non causassero la deforestazione o il degrado forestale. Se nulla dovesse cambiare le PMI dovrebbero godere di un semestre di vantaggio. Le modifiche dovranno avvenire entro la fine di dicembre 2025 Secondo il comunicato…
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ESG, environmental social governance: compliance doganale, l’affidabilità in materia di accise e la responsabilità amministrativa dell’ente
La UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) di Belem rappresenta un importante occasione per analizzare come customs compliance (AEO), SOAC (soggetto accreditato in materia di accise) e responsabilità amministrativa dell’ente (compliance al decreto 231/2001) costituiscano importanti strumenti per lo sviluppo della ESG (environmental, social, governance). I criteri di valutazione degli investimenti sostenibili e cioè con un impatto positivo sulla difesa ambientale e il rispetto dei diritti umani, al di la delle elaborazioni precedenti, possono essere ricondotti all’agenza 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile (the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development) che si basa su 17 obiettivi essenzialmente riconducibili a: economia circolare, lotta al cambiamento climatico, inclusività, sviluppo economico sostenibile e condiviso, tutela delle…