Deadlines
11 Aug 2026
6 min
EUDR deadlines: who must comply, and when
Two postponements have left real confusion about when obligations start. The position is now settled, and the Commission has said it will not move again.
Notes on making EUDR workable
Written for the people who have to run the process. Every regulatory statement traces to a named official source, drafts are called drafts, and we do not publish a CN code list because any list we wrote would be out of date before you used it.
Obligations
11 Aug 2026
5 min
If you buy from an EU supplier, you may not need to file a DDS at all
The 2025 revision changed what downstream companies must do. Plenty are still building a capability they no longer need.
Evidence
10 Aug 2026
7 min
Production plot geolocation: what to ask suppliers for
Geolocation stalls more EUDR programmes than any other step. The problem is rarely refusal. It is that what arrives cannot be used.
Practice
9 Aug 2026
9 min
Ten mistakes we keep seeing in EUDR programmes
Drawn from operational projects where the same pattern repeats: the regulation is understood, and the process still fails.
Buying
8 Aug 2026
8 min
Twelve questions to ask any EUDR software vendor
Most demos look identical. These questions separate products built for the regulation from dashboards built for the procurement cycle.
Obligations
7 Aug 2026
6 min
What a due diligence statement actually contains
A plain description of the information a DDS pulls together, and where each part comes from in your own systems.
Practice
6 Aug 2026
7 min
Getting suppliers to respond, from people who have done it at scale
Response rate is the variable that decides whether you finish. Almost everything that improves it reduces effort rather than increasing pressure.
Practice
5 Aug 2026
5 min
Why the spreadsheet stops working at about forty suppliers
Everyone starts in Excel and it is the right first move. Here is where it breaks, and the signals that you have reached that point.
Data
4 Aug 2026
5 min
The seven commodities, and why the derived products list is the tricky part
The commodity list is stable and simple. What is derived from them is neither, and it has already changed once.
Obligations
3 Aug 2026
5 min
Country risk classification, and what it actually changes for you
Risk category affects the depth of the work, not whether you have to do it. A common and expensive misunderstanding.
Data
2 Aug 2026
6 min
The EU Information System: what to expect when you connect to it
Statements are filed through a Commission system inside TRACES. Here is how it behaves and how to build against it sensibly.
Buying
1 Aug 2026
6 min
Building the internal case: what finance actually asks
The compliance argument gets you a meeting. What gets you a budget is a number attached to goods that cannot move.