The European Commission on 22nd May 2025 adopted the Implementing Act on the country benchmarking system under the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).  The Implementing Regulation classifies countries according to their risk of deforestation associated with the production of the seven commodities covered by the EUDR: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood.

Click below to read our full news bulletin for more information, which includes the 4 countries that have been categorised as “high risk”, as well as other measures around the simplification package agreed and published in April 2025.