EU Deforestation Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
Check your commodities, collect geolocation, and file a Due Diligence Statement.
Large and medium by 30 Dec 2026; small by 30 Jun 2027
Dates confirmed after the second delay, Regulation (EU) 2025/2650. Cut-off date for deforestation-free is 31 Dec 2020.
What this skill does
Checks whether your commodities and products are in scope, sets your role and deadline, walks the three-step due diligence with a ready supplier data request, and gets you to a filed Due Diligence Statement.
Who it is for: Procurement, supply-chain and compliance teams sourcing cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm, rubber, soya or wood and their products.
The guided flow
- 1Applicability check (commodity or Annex I product, operator vs trader, size)
- 2Collect information and geolocation, with a supplier data request
- 3Assess risk using country benchmarking and risk factors
- 4Mitigate risk until it is negligible
- 5File the Due Diligence Statement in TRACES
What it asks you for
- Which commodities or derived products you place on the EU market
- Whether you are an operator or a trader, and your size
- What supplier and origin data you hold today
What you get back
- A scope, role and deadline determination
- A due-diligence gap list and supplier data request
- A dated action plan to a filed DDS
Install it in your assistant
In Claude
- Download the SKILL.md above, or copy its raw URL.
- Upload the file to a Claude conversation (or add it as a Skill / Project knowledge).
- Say: Walk me through EU Deforestation Regulation compliance.
In ChatGPT
- Create a Project (or a new chat) and upload the SKILL.md, or paste its contents.
- Say: Use this skill to check if EUDR applies to us.
- Answer the questions it asks, one short batch at a time.
In an AI agent (autonomous)
Point the agent at the raw file and load it as a system instruction:
curl https://regulatory-skills.com/skills/eudr/SKILL.md
The full catalog is in /llms.txt. See the agent install guide.
Guidance, not legal advice
This skill helps you get organised and points you at the official sources. It does not replace a qualified adviser. Confirm specifics against the text on EUR-Lex and the European Commission before you act. See the verified fact sheet that ships with the skill for sources.