Free Reference · May 2026 edition

EUDR Quick Reference Guide

Everything you need to know about the EU Deforestation Regulation, on three pages.

Updated for the European Commission's May 4, 2026 simplification package (COM(2026) 191 final).

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What's inside

• The three-role supply chain in plain English (First Operator, Downstream, First Downstream, Trader)
• The May 4, 2026 simplification package — what changed, what didn't
• Application dates, country-list status, and TRACES timeline
• Draft Annex I changes (leather, soluble coffee, palm soap)
• The free tools that actually work for due diligence
• What's still open — and what to watch through summer 2026

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