EUDR Compliance
European Deforestation Regulation
(EUDR)
The EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) has been
approved, with the final text expected to enter into force December 30th 2025.
It should be demonstrated that the products imported into the EU do not
come/contain from land that was deforested after 31 December 2020.
Commodities covered:
Palm oil, Cocoa, Coffee, Rubber, Soy, Beef, and Timber, and their derivative or embedded products.
Any commodity produced and crossing the EU border after the legislation has entered into force will be subject to the regulation (import and export). The regulation will enter into force December 30th 2025.
Penalties for non-compliance could include fines of up to 4% of company turnover within the EU, and others.
What makes this law different?
This legislation sets mandatory due diligence standards to level the playing field. The onus is on companies to prove that the relevant commodities are both deforestation-free and legal (compliant with all relevant applicable laws in force in the country of production). It is essential to have accurate data to prove that no deforestation has occurred after the cut-off date before shipments are made.
What you need to do for EUDR compliance?
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Ensure that relevant commodities and products are deforestation-free & produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production
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Companies are required to submit Due Diligence Statement – policies, controls and procedures to mitigate and manage effectively the risks of non-compliance
DDS Integration with EU TRACES
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Streamline workflow by pushing DDS data directly into EU TRACES from the Agridence Platform.
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Geolocation data pre-filled from the system instead of having to manually input geolocation data.
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Independent audit function to check the internal policies, controls and procedures.
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Keep 5-year records of Due Diligence Statement.
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Risk assessments – documented, reviewed annually, and available upon request to authorities.
Get to know more about how:
- Data is collected on the ground
- Who collects the data
- How data moves along the downstream
- How risk analysis is performed
EUDR Country Risk Benchmarks
Key:
Country Risk Details
How can
Agridence help?
Our current userbase includes many of the tire makers who will need to comply with EUDR as the EU is a key market for them – we are in a unique position to provide common infrastructure and tools for them and their suppliers to comply to EUDR requirements.
We develop tailored solutions to meet the industry’s needs and want to include EUDR and other relevant regulations into our solutions – our product suite touches on the physical trading and supplier data collection workflows which are critical elements for EUDR and other supply chain due diligence regulations.
Do reach out to us if you would like to find out more about our products.
Collect Upstream Data, Perform Risk Analysis,
Download Data for EU IS
How is data is collected on the ground?
- Agridence developed a traceability app tool to map plantation polygon (draw, trace or point) and collect key details like farmer’s name, plantation location and size etc.
- Besides plantation, other info such as collection point, user’s profile, transaction conducted between farmer and dealer as well as dealers and factory can also be captured.
- Offline capability to map plantation polygons in remote or limited network locations and auto-sync when network is established.
- App is available publicly for download on both Google Playstore and iOS.
Who collects the data?
There are 2 approaches:
Field-mapping services
- Deployment of experienced, trained Agridence field team to map and verify the plantation polygons at the source using traceability app. Agridence partners with local field team that is experienced and is able to socialize the app and field mapping project to the local farmers.
- Localization and socialization with farmers to educate them on the EUDR requirements
- Conduct EUDR risk assessment surveys with the farmers
Processor/factory
- Alternatively, mapping can be performed by trained personnel at farmer’s plantation on-site.
- Processor to engage upstream supply chain for data collection
How data moves along the downstream
Transaction traceability through:
- AgriTrace
- Data collected from AGD’s traceability tool will be integrated with AGD’s traceability dashboard for
users to track polygons mapped.
- Data collected from AGD’s traceability tool will be integrated with AGD’s traceability dashboard for
- External Traceability Tool Integration
- Data that was collected with an external traceability tool can be integrated for users to track polygons
mapped.
- Data that was collected with an external traceability tool can be integrated for users to track polygons
- Upload File with Polygon Data
- User can upload an Excel file with the relevant information including the polygon data, allowing them to
do a risk assessment over their polygon data.
- User can upload an Excel file with the relevant information including the polygon data, allowing them to
- Tagging of Polygon Data to SI
- Users can link their plantation polygon data to the respective SI number/s associated with a trade on
ARP. - Users can then view the polygons associated with each shipment.
- Users can link their plantation polygon data to the respective SI number/s associated with a trade on
How risk analysis is performed
- Agridence performs our risk assessment by overlaying risk layers with our customers’ polygon data. Plantations that overlap with one or more risk layers and/or other plantations will be flagged out as a plantation with risk. Therefore, it is important for plantations to be mapped as a polygon rather than a GPS coordinate.
- How DDS is generated and data downloaded:
- Users can generate and download a due diligence statement that they may share with their buyers/directly to the
EU Information System.
- Data fields with data from ARP will be automatically input. Remaining data can be input by the user before generating a DDS for download.
- QR code to scan for verification purposes:
- QR code with geojson coordinates of the plantations linked to the selected Sis.
- Sample DDS
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