Country benchmarking: low, standard and high risk

The EU assigns every country a deforestation-risk classification of low, standard or high, set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093 of 22 May 2025. The list names the low-risk and high-risk countries; standard risk is the implicit default for anything not listed.

What the tier changes

• Low risk: a simplified due-diligence route is available (Art. 13). You still collect information and confirm no risk of circumvention or mixing, but you can skip the Art. 10 risk assessment and Art. 11 mitigation.
• Standard risk: full due diligence applies, with Art. 9, 10 and 11 in force.
• High risk: full due diligence plus enhanced scrutiny, and competent authorities must check a higher share of operators.

Most major coffee origins are standard risk, including Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru, so full due diligence is the norm for a coffee desk. Some origins are low risk, including Vietnam, Costa Rica, Kenya, Rwanda and India, where the simplified route can apply to a desk that sources from them exclusively.

In Sylva

Sylva resolves the country class from the benchmarking regulation and sets the due-diligence tier on each case automatically, so the workflow you see already matches the origin.