EUDR deadline 2024-2025: what changed and what is coming

Timeline of EUDR effective dates for large, medium and small enterprises. What you must do NOW to stay compliant.

Pillar context

The EUDR timeline was revised during 2024. Here is the actual state of play and the critical dates for each company size.

Original vs revised timeline

Original (Regulation 2023/1115):

• 30 December 2024 — large and medium enterprises
• 30 June 2025 — small enterprises

Revised (late 2024): After pushback from importers, EU Member States and trading partners, the Commission proposed a one-year extension. The new dates:

• 30 December 2025 — large and medium enterprises
• 30 June 2026 — small enterprises and micro-entities

The extension gives Member States time to publish country classifications and TRACES NT time to become operational.

What is active in 2024-2025?

Despite the postponed enforcement date, several preparations are mandatory:

• Commodity Implementing Acts — Member States publish high/standard/low risk classifications (ongoing in 2025)
• TRACES NT development — test environment available for large operators from Q3 2025
• Supplier data intake — importers are advised to start collecting plot geolocation now (6–12 months per supplier chain)

What to do NOW (2026 Q4)

Within 30 days:

1. Identify all EUDR-in-scope SKUs
2. Build a supplier risk matrix
3. Start outreach on high-risk chains

Within 90 days:

1. Contract amendments for new suppliers
2. Pilot TRACES NT integration
3. Build a due diligence workflow in your ERP or compliance tool

By 30 December 2025:

1. Full dataset per shipment
2. All staff trained
3. Audit trail per DDS

Penalty risk

Penalties are not postponed. From the active date:

• Up to 4% of EU annual turnover
• Confiscation of goods and profits
• Temporary export ban (up to 12 months)
• Public infringement listing

The real deadline

30 December 2025 for full compliance of large/medium enterprises. Do not wait. Supplier data collection is the bottleneck, not tool implementation.

How PSRA helps

PSRA offers an EUDR readiness audit that determines per supplier: whether they can deliver plot data, how much of your EUDR scope is already covered by existing LTSD supplier data, and which supplier outreach is priority.

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Related definitions

• Audit trail: An audit trail records who did what, based on which source data, and with what decision logic.
• BOM: A BOM is the bill of materials: the structured composition of a product.
• Supplier declaration: A supplier declaration captures the origin information a supplier provides for supplied goods.
• Customs declaration: A customs declaration is the formal notification to customs declaring goods for import, export, or transit, available in five procedure types.