As noted above, countries not expressly listed on the Annex to the implementing regulation as low or high risk are to be treated as standard risk. The following countries fall into the standard risk ...

On May 22, 2025, the EU Commission adopted an implementing regulation to the EU's Deforestation Regulation ("EUDR") in which it identified the risk classification of countries as “low, standard or ...

Country benchmarking could affect due diligence requirements, and therefore the complexity of EUDR compliance. How do these risk classifications work? If the EUDR is delayed, key stakeholders will ...

It seems that everyone has a different view on how the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) evaluates risk. Under the new law, countries are split into three categories: high, standard or ...