Understanding the latest EUDR guidance
On the 15th of April  2025, the European Commission provided further simplifications to facilitate the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
New supporting documents
New supporting documents and guidance is available to support your understanding:
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New guidance documents
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Newly updated version of the Frequently Asked Questions
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A Delegated Act, for public consultation providing further clarifications and simplification on the scope of EUDR, and addressing stakeholders’ request for guidance on specific categories of products
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Finally, the European Commission is currently finalizing the country benchmarking system through an Implementing Act, that will be adopted no later than 30 June 2025 following discussions with Member States.
According to EU publication, all these measures will lead to a currently estimated 30% reduction of administrative costs and burden for companies.
Key simplification measures
With the new guidance documents, the European Commission has introduced a number of simplification measures, the most significant ones being:
- Large companies can reuse existing due diligence statements when goods, previously on the EU market, are reimported.
- An authorized representative can now submit a due diligence statement on behalf of members of company groups;
- Companies will be allowed to submit due diligence statements annually instead of for every shipment or batch placed on the EU market;
- Clarification of ‘ascertaining’ that due diligence has been carried out, so that large companies downstream benefit from simplified obligations (a minimal legal obligation of collecting reference numbers of Due Diligence Statement (DDS) from their suppliers and using those references for their own DDS submissions).
All the updated measures are expected to significantly reduce the number of due diligence statements that companies need to file, replying to key industry demands. The goal of these simplifications for due diligence statements is to ensure easy and efficient data entry for all users.
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