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 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010.

This Regulation promotes the placing and making available on the Union market as well as the export from the Union of ‘deforestation-free’ products, with a view to: (a) minimizing the Union’s contribution to deforestation and forest degradation worldwide, and thereby contributing to a reduction in global deforestation; and (b) reducing the Union’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and global biodiversity loss. This Regulation sets out the obligations concerning relevant commodities and relevant products in order to effectively combat deforestation and forest degradation, and to promote deforestation-free supply chains, while taking into account the protection of human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, both in the Union and in third countries. Article 3 allows the placing and making available on the Union market or exporting of relevant commodities and relevant products, only if they are (I) deforestation-free; (II) produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production; and (III) covered by a due diligence statement. Annex I lists relevant products that contain, have been fed with or have been made using relevant commodities, namely cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood, and Annex II sets out the information to be contained in the due diligence statement.
This Regulation lays down rules on the obligations of operators and traders; information requirements to ensure the transparency of the supply chain of relevant products; risk assessment and mitigation; establishment and maintenance of due diligence systems, reporting and record keeping in Chapter 2; obligations of member states and their competent authorities, such as carrying out checks and taking immediate actions in case of non-compliance with this Regulation, in Chapter 3; procedures for relevant products entering or leaving the market, including controls, and cooperation and exchange of information among authorities in Chapter 4; country benchmarking system and cooperation with third countries, such as assessment of countries for the classification of risk in Chapter 5; natural or legal persons’ substantiated concerns, and access to justice in Chapter 6; information system in Chapter 7; review including an impact assessment of the relevant commodities on deforestation and forest degradation in Chapter 8; and final provisions in Chapter 9.