Learn about EUDR requirements

• >4ha = polygons
• <4ha = lat/lon
• At least 6 decimal places
• provided as part of the due diligence submitted to EU information system

• Geolocation is required for shipment of imports
• No bulking, mixing, or mass-balance where the origin of some of the product may be unknown

• Land within a single real estate property (as recognised by the law of the country of production)
• “Possesses sufficiently homogeneous conditions to allow an evaluation of the aggregate level of risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with relevant commodities produced on that land

• Need a designated de facto plot of land
• Geolocation from mobile phones is okay
• • Personal information of farmers is not required, just location
• Operators are legally responsible for correctness
• • regardless of the means or intermediaries they use to collect that information

• Each polygon should indicate a single plot of land, whether contiguous or not. 
• A polygon cannot be used to trace the perimeter of a random land area that might include plots of land only in some of its parts.
• • aka “Sufficiently homogeneous”
  • and in absence of a land registry, we still need to define a de facto plot and link farms to it

• collect, organise and keep for five years
• What it is, the quantity, source country, supplier & recipient name and address
• geolocation of all plots
• Documentation that it was produced legally
• “Adequately conclusive and verifiable information that the relevant products are deforestation-free”

Forest = If the woody vegetation has or is expected to surpass 

• more than 10% canopy cover of tree species 
• with a height or expected height of 5 m or more

Deforestation = Conversion of land use from forest to agricultural use

• planted forests are a agricultural land use
• Some forms of sustainable timber logging are okay

“taking other measures pertaining to information requirements set out in Article 9”

• Tools to assess the quality of that information?
• What are your suppliers not telling you?
• What other companies are exposed to the same risk?