person

What does person mean?

Person is an actor-scope building block for EUDR obligations. It supports operator, trader, representative, and authority-facing workflows by making clear whether the actor is a legal/natural person or recognised association.

Source context

EUDR Article 2 defines person as a natural person, legal person, or association of persons without legal-person status but recognized under Union or national law as having capacity to perform legal acts.

Official definitions by source

Definition status

Reviewed public draft page. Aligns with EUDR forest/production-boundary policy: separates land-cover thresholds, forest-type classifications, production-location evidence, product compliance status, and actor-scope identity.

How the definitions differ

Person is the EUDR actor-scope term covering a natural person, legal person, or association of persons recognised under EU or national law. It defines who can hold obligations or roles, not what that actor must do.

Practical application

Implementation records should capture actor identifier, legal/natural person type, role assignment, jurisdiction, legal name, registration number, representative relationship, operator/trader role, and evidence source.

Minespider commentary

Person is the actor-scope control for EUDR data models. Actor records need legal identity, jurisdiction, and role assignment so obligations are attached to the correct entity rather than to a brand name, facility, shipment, or contact person alone.

Common confusions

• Treating person as only an individual human rather than also legal persons and recognised associations.
• Using a brand, facility, or contact email as the actor identity without legal-person evidence.
• Assuming person defines obligations by itself; the role, such as operator or trader, still has to be assigned.

Related regulations

• CBAM
• EUDR

Related Minespider reading

Related terms

• authorised representative