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• 30 December 2024 — Original compliance deadline (no longer applicable)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, country benchmarking 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.
• 22 May 2025 — The Commission adopts Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093 with the first country benchmarking list: all EU member states, including Romania, are classified as low risk.
• 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".
• 4 May 2026 — The Commission publishes the simplification review package: a report to the Parliament and Council, updated guidance and FAQs, a draft delegated act on Annex I product scope, and an updated implementing act on the Information System. See the simplification review page.
• June 2026 — The EUDR Information System relaunches with support for simplified declarations.
• 13 July 2026 — The Commission adopts the delegated act finalising the product scope (leather, retreaded tyres, sowing soybeans, vulcanised rubber articles, belts and vehicle seats out; soluble coffee, certain palm oil derivatives and frozen cattle tongues in from 30 December 2027) and the implementing act on the Information System. The updated guidance becomes available in all EU languages.
• 17 July 2026 — The Information System implementing act, published as Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1565, enters into force. The Annex I delegated act remains in its two-month Parliament/Council scrutiny period, with entry into force expected around mid-September 2026 if no objection is raised.
• Late July – August 2026 — The Commission begins virtual training sessions on the Information System, with new dates published in early August; dedicated sessions on the simplified declaration for micro and small primary operators are announced.
• 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; newly added products

• 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.
• 30 December 2027 — Compliance deadline for products newly added to Annex I by the July 2026 delegated act: soluble coffee, certain palm oil derivatives and frozen cattle tongues.

Country classification

The first country risk classification (benchmarking) was adopted on 22 May 2025 through Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093. All EU member states are classified as low risk. The first review of the classification is scheduled for 2026.

Information system

The Commission's Information System, through which operators submit their due diligence statements, relaunched in June 2026. Access is provided via the EU Single Window Environment for Customs (EU SWE-C). The implementing act adopted on 13 July 2026 — Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1565, in force since 17 July 2026 — sets its final technical rules, including the simplified declaration form and updated API specifications for automated submissions. Since late July the Commission has also been running free virtual training sessions on the system.

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.