EUDR delay: current deadlines and latest news

The deadlines that still stand

The cut-off date has not changed: the land the product comes from must not have been deforested after 31 December 2020.

Will it be delayed again?

In its review of 4 May 2026, the European Commission kept the dates and concluded that it is not appropriate to propose further amendments to the text of the regulation, to give companies legal certainty. It chose to simplify in other ways: new guidance and FAQs, improvements to the information system and two public repositories, one with the relevant laws of each producing country and one with certification schemes, which it plans to launch before December 2026.

The only proposal in progress dates from September 2026: taking French Guiana out of the regulation's scope. It changes nothing for coffee or cocoa imported from Peru. The next general review is due by 30 June 2030.

Timeline: from 2023 to today

1. 29 Jun 2023Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 enters into force. It was due to apply from 30 December 2024.
2. 19 Dec 2024First delay, through Regulation (EU) 2024/3234: one more year, to 30 December 2025, and to 30 June 2026 for micro and small companies.
3. 22 May 2025The Commission classifies countries by risk. Peru is classified as standard risk; only four countries are high risk.
4. 19 Dec 2025Second delay and simplification, through Regulation (EU) 2025/2650: 30 December 2026 and 30 June 2027.
5. 4 May 2026Commission simplification review: it keeps the dates, proposes no change to the regulation and announces improvements to the information system (TRACES).
6. Jun 2026The EU information system (TRACES) reopens, with a test environment and a production environment.
7. 13 Jul 2026The Commission adopts the new product list and the new rules for the information system.
8. 17 Jul 2026The new information system rules enter into force (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1565): grouping of statements, simplified declaration and contingency numbers.
9. 10 Sep 2026Proposal to exclude French Guiana from the regulation, pending before the Council.
10. 18 Sep 2026Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102 enters into force, with the new product list.
11. 15 Oct 2026Each statement is now attributed to the authority of the country where the operator is established: this is the last part of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1565 to apply.
12. 30 Dec 2026Starts to apply to large and medium-sized companies.
13. 30 Jun 2027Starts to apply to micro and small companies.
14. 30 Dec 2027The newly added products, such as soluble coffee, become mandatory.
15. 30 Jun 2030Next general review of the regulation.

Gold dots mark what is coming.

What the simplification changed

1. Who files: only the operator who first places the product on the EU market submits the due diligence statement. Those who buy and resell it afterwards no longer submit one; if they are not SMEs, they register in the system, and the first of them keeps the statement's reference number.
2. Small producers: micro and small primary operators in low-risk countries submit a simplified declaration, just once.
3. Product list: since 18 September 2026, leather, most retreaded tyres and some rubber articles and vehicle seats are out. Soluble coffee, certain palm oil derivatives such as soaps, and frozen cattle tongues are in, and become mandatory from 30 December 2027.
4. Cost: the Commission estimates that these measures cut the annual cost of compliance by around 75%, from EUR 8.1 billion to EUR 2.0 billion.

What it means for coffee and cocoa from Peru

Coffee and cocoa entering the EU from 30 December 2026 must already comply, and those purchases are being negotiated now. That is why buyers are already asking their suppliers for the data.

What to do now

1. Ask your Peruvian suppliers for every plot: a GPS point up to 4 hectares and the full polygon if it is larger.
2. Check that no plot has been deforested after 31 December 2020.
3. Collect one data package per shipment, with the GeoJSON, for your due diligence statement in TRACES.

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More detail in our guide: EUDR and Peruvian coffee.