EUDR compliance, engineered — we cut the admin burden

For the timber sector, EUDR applies from 30 December 2026 — for all company sizes. Regulation (EU) 2025/2650, adopted in December 2025, postponed application and simplified obligations: the DDS remains only with the operator first placing timber on the market. The timber sector does not benefit from the June 2027 extension (which only covers micro/small enterprises in other sectors), having previously been covered by EUTR.

The operator is the company that first places timber on the EU market — it depends on the contract: for standing sales, the harvesting firm that becomes owner of the wood; for own-account sales, the owner or forest district selling it. Importers are also operators. The rest of the chain — sawmills, warehouses, exporters — are downstream companies, with much-reduced obligations under Regulation (EU) 2025/2650. We help you establish the correct role for each commercial flow.

Much reduced. A sawmill buying from a harvesting firm collects and retains the received DDS reference numbers for 5 years — it files no DDS of its own. Downstream exporters no longer present reference numbers at customs. Non-SME downstream companies register in the EU Information System and verify upstream due diligence only on substantiated risk signals. Any additional traceability is voluntary — many clients, especially for export, require it by contract, and we offer it as an add-on service.

EUDR requires the geographic coordinates of all lands from which the wood originates (harvest u.a. / management unit). For plots under 4 hectares a point is accepted; over 4 hectares a complete polygon in GeoJSON format is required. We collect coordinates from suppliers, validate them against deforestation maps, and format them for TRACES filing.

Only if you are an operator. TRACES is the European Commission’s official platform where due diligence statements (DDS) are filed. Under Regulation (EU) 2025/2650, only the operator files a DDS, before first placing on the market; the first downstream buyer only collects and retains the reference number. We prepare your account, prepare and file the DDS — taking responsibility for correct completion — and maintain the reference-number records.

The regulation provides for fines of up to 4% of EU-wide annual turnover, confiscation of products and proceeds, temporary ban on placing products on the market and on participating in public procurement. Concrete penalties will be set at national level; in Romania the enforcement framework is being prepared through the Ministry of Environment and the Forestry Guard.

For a small or medium company, standard implementation takes 4-8 weeks: 1-2 weeks for assessment and data collection, 2-3 weeks for procedures and geolocation, 1-2 weeks for training and the first TRACES filing. We work in parallel with the company’s daily activity.