EUDR Timeline: Key Dates and Compliance Deadlines

EUDR Regulation Timeline

Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation has gone through several important legislative stages from the initial proposal to the current compliance deadlines. Below is a detailed timeline.

2021: Legislative proposal

• 17 November 2021 — The European Commission publishes the proposal for a regulation on deforestation-linked products, as part of the European Green Deal

2022-2023: Legislative process

• 13 September 2022 — The European Parliament adopts its position at first reading
• 6 December 2022 — The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reach a provisional political agreement (trilogue)
• 19 April 2023 — The European Parliament votes to adopt the regulation (552 votes in favour, 44 against, 43 abstentions)
• 16 May 2023 — The Council of the EU formally adopts the regulation
• 9 June 2023 — Publication in the Official Journal of the EU (Official Journal L 150)
• 29 June 2023 — Entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115

2024: Deadline postponement

• 2 October 2024 — The European Commission proposes postponing the application deadlines by 12 months, citing the lack of readiness of the information system and operators
• 14 November 2024 — The European Parliament votes in favour of the postponement
• 30 December 2024 — Original compliance deadline (no longer applicable)

2025: First Omnibus signal and second postponement

• 26 February 2025 — The European Commission publishes its first Omnibus simplification communication, signalling intent to reduce the administrative burden of several sustainability files including EUDR. This is a political signal, not a legal amendment.
• October–November 2025 — The Commission tables a targeted revision of the EUDR proposing a one-year postponement and a set of simplifications.
• 4 December 2025 — The European Parliament and the Council reach a provisional political agreement on the targeted revision.
• 18 December 2025 — Council formally signs off the targeted revision, including a 12-month postponement and several substantive simplifications.
• 23 December 2025 — The amending regulation is published in the Official Journal of the EU. Key changes: deadlines pushed to 2026/2027, simplified due diligence for downstream operators and traders, a new lighter regime for small and micro primary operators in low-risk countries, and the removal of printed products (HS code "ex 49") from scope. See the targeted revision page for the full breakdown.

2026: Omnibus I adoption, simplification package and the new deadline

• 24 February 2026 — The EU formally adopts the Omnibus I package, amending the CSRD and CSDDD and other sustainability instruments. EUDR is treated through its own track (the December 2025 revision).
• 30 March 2026 — Germany's Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Home Affairs (BMLEH) submits its own EUDR simplification proposals to the Commission, including regional collective reporting and lighter requirements for low-risk imports.
• 27 April 2026 — At the EC midday press briefing, Commission spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen confirms that the simplification review legally due by 30 April will be presented "in the coming days", and that "we will not reopen the European Union deforestation regulation".
• 30 April 2026 — Statutory deadline for the Commission's simplification review (Article 34a-equivalent obligation in the amended regulation). The package is expected to comprise a review report, updated FAQs and guidance, a delegated act on Annex I product scope, and an implementing act on the EUDR Information System. See the full package breakdown on eudr.today.
• 30 December 2026 — Compliance deadline for large and medium operators and traders. From this date, all relevant products placed on the EU market or exported must comply with EUDR requirements.

2027: Small and micro deadline

• 30 June 2027 — Compliance deadline for small and micro operators dealing with non-timber commodities. This category was created by the December 2025 revision; small/micro operators handling timber remain on the December 2026 timeline.

Country classification

The European Commission is expected to publish the country risk classification (benchmarking) that will determine the levels of due diligence required. Originally planned for 30 December 2024, the classification has been pushed back several times and is expected ahead of the 30 December 2026 compliance deadline.

Information system

The Commission has developed an Information System through which operators submit their due diligence statements. Access is provided via the EU Single Window Environment for Customs (EU SWE-C). The April 2026 simplification package includes an implementing act revising the rules of the Information System; engineering teams integrating with it should track the implementing act closely.

For a detailed analysis of legal requirements, see the EUDR legal analysis or the dedicated targeted revision page. For practical preparation guides, visit eudr.solutions.