European Union Deforestation Regulation

The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) applies from 30 December 2025. In this article, you can read what this law means for your items. The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) helps combat global deforestation. Check whether your items contain raw materials for which you must prove that they do not originate from recently deforested land or contribute to forest degradation.

The EUDR applies to all companies that sell the specified raw materials or items derived from them within the EU. This concerns wood, oil palm, soy, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and cattle, as well as items derived from these. Think, for example, of books and other paper items, chocolate, furniture, or leather. Packaging around your items is excluded from this.

You need to know where the raw materials in your items come from. What you specifically need to do depends on how the raw materials are used and the size of your business.

In Annex 1 of EU Regulation 2023/1115, you can find which raw materials and derived items fall under the EUDR. There you can check, for instance, whether chocolate in biscuits falls under the rules.

Then set up a due diligence system with due diligence statements. With this, you demonstrate that your items are legal and do not cause deforestation or forest degradation.

To do this, you collect origin data, assess risks, and take measures where necessary. This can be done, for example, using certificates, extra checks, or additional information. You can set up the system yourself or hire a specialized company for this.

Then you do not need to set up a due diligence system yourself. Your supplier or a previous party in the supply chain has already done so.

Do keep track of which supplier you purchase items or raw materials from, and ensure you receive the reference numbers of your suppliers' due diligence statements. Are you a micro or small enterprise? Then you are required to keep these records. Keep the documentation for at least 5 years.

The NVWA checks whether the EUDR is complied with in the Netherlands. Is the correct information missing? Then the NVWA can request bol to take action. We may then, for example, take items offline or deduct policy points.

You are personally responsible for complying with the EUDR. We help you with explanations and references, but this information does not constitute legal advice.

Do you have specific questions? Please contact a legal advisory firm. Here you can find ecosystem partners that can help you.

Partnerservice cannot advise you on this, as it concerns European legislation.

• Check whether your items contain raw materials or derived items that fall under the EUDR.

• Determine which obligations apply to you. You can use the NVWA EUDR Rule Tool for this, for example.

• Ensure you set up a due diligence system in time if the raw material or item has not yet been placed on the market in the EU. Record the origin of the raw materials in it.

• Ask your supplier for the necessary information and reference numbers if the raw material or item has already been placed on the market in the EU. Keep your records well-maintained.

• Keep the necessary documentation for at least 5 years if this is mandatory for your business.

• Keep track of this information yourself. You do not need to upload it via bol.

View the NVWA information on items covered by the EUDR here.

Read more about setting up a due diligence system for the EUDR here.

View Annex 1 (pages 38 to 41) of EU Regulation 2023/1115 for the full list of raw materials, items, and corresponding reference codes here. Only raw materials and items included in this list fall under the obligation.