A regulatory term referring to (a) that the relevant products contain, have been fed with or have been made using.
Deforestation-free is the EUDR condition that relevant commodities or products must be produced on land not subject to deforestation after 31 December 2020, with an added forest-degradation condition for wood products.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products
(a) that the relevant products contain, have been fed with or have been made using, relevant commodities that were produced on land that has not been subject to deforestation after 31 December, 2020; and (b) in the case of relevant products that contain or have been made using wood, that the wood has been harvested from the forest without inducing forest degradation after 31 December, 2020;
Reference: Article 2, point 13
EUDR obligations apply from 30 December 2024 for large operators and 30 June 2025 for SMEs, subject to country risk benchmarking.
EUDR applies to the listed commodities and derived products placed on or exported from the EU market from 30 December 2024 (large operators) and 30 June 2025 (SMEs), subject to the benchmarking system that classifies countries as low, standard, or high risk. The applicable obligation level depends on country risk classification as well as operator size.
This term matters because it is the central pass/fail claim behind EUDR due diligence, product admissibility, and origin evidence.
For Minespider, deforestation-free is the core compliance outcome that traceability data must be able to substantiate.