High-level summary
Important EUDR definitions covering deforestation, due-diligence concepts, operators, traceability, and market-placement language for in-scope commodities and products.
EUDR is a traceability-heavy regulation. For Minespider, it is directly relevant because compliant due diligence depends on origin data, chain-of-custody evidence, and clear definitions of market actors and production contexts.
Who it affects
- Operators placing in-scope commodities and products on the EU market
- Traders and downstream supply-chain participants
- Teams managing origin, geolocation, and due-diligence evidence
- Compliance programs working on deforestation-free claims
agricultural plantation
A regulatory term referring to land with tree stands in agricultural production systems, such as fruit tree plantations, oil palm plantations.
EUDR
Read termagricultural use
A regulatory term referring to the use of land for the purpose of agriculture, including for agricultural plantations and set-aside agricultural areas.
EUDR
Read termauthorised representative
A cross-regulation actor term for a person or entity mandated to act on behalf of another economic actor under specified legal conditions.
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Read termcountry of origin
A regulatory term referring to a country or territory as referred to in Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.
EUDRUnion Customs Code
Read termcountry of production
A regulatory term referring to the country or territory where the relevant commodity or the relevant commodity used in the production of.
EUDR
Read termdeforestation
A regulatory term referring to the conversion of forest to agricultural use, whether human-induced or not.
EUDR
Read termdeforestation-free
A regulatory term referring to (a) that the relevant products contain, have been fed with or have been made using.
EUDR
Read termforest
A regulatory term referring to land spanning more than 0,5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 %.
EUDR
Read termforest degradation
A regulatory term referring to structural changes to forest cover.
EUDR
Read termin the course of a commercial activity
A regulatory term referring to for the purpose of processing, for distribution to commercial or non-commercial consumers.
EUDR
Read termmaking available on the market
A market-access term describing when a product is supplied for distribution, consumption, or use on a market in the course of commercial activity.
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Read termnaturally regenerating forest
A regulatory term referring to forest predominantly composed of trees established through natural regeneration.
EUDR
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Read on MinespiderOfficial source
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation
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