EUDR deadlines, and how company size sets them

The regulation applies from two dates depending on operator size (Art. 38, as amended):

• 30 December 2026 for large and medium operators and traders.
• 30 June 2027 for micro and small operators and traders (those previously under the EU Timber Regulation keep the 30 December 2026 date).

Size is fixed by your status on 31 December 2024. A company that was medium then keeps the December 2026 date even if it shrinks later.

These are the current, confirmed dates. The regulation was postponed twice, most recently by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 in December 2025, and then simplified rather than delayed again in the May 2026 package. The Commission's simplification report states the regulation will not be reopened, so plan around December 2026.

For a green-coffee importer of any meaningful volume, the working assumption is the December 2026 date. The lead time matters: plot geolocation and supplier engagement at origin take a full sourcing season to get right, so the practical deadline to start is well before the legal one.

In Sylva

Sylva tracks the target shipment date per case and surfaces the nearest deadline, so the desk sees what is due next rather than a single far-off date.