EUDR Product Scope Final — The 13 July 2026 Delegated and Implementing Acts

13 July 2026 — The EUDR Product Scope Is Now Final

On 13 July 2026, the European Commission adopted the two legal instruments that close out the simplification package announced on 4 May 2026: a Delegated Act amending Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (the list of in-scope products) and an Implementing Act establishing the technical rules for the EUDR Information System. Together they settle, five and a half months before the 30 December 2026 application date, exactly which products are covered and how due diligence statements will be filed.

Products removed from scope

• Cattle hides, skins and leather — the entire leather value chain is out, a significant change for tanneries, leather goods and automotive suppliers.
• Retreaded tyres — new tyres containing natural rubber remain in scope.
• Soybeans for sowing — seed for planting is excluded; soy for food and feed remains covered.
• Vulcanised rubber articles, conveyor and transmission belts.
• Aircraft and motor vehicle seats.

The act also confirms the exemptions flagged in the May draft: product samples for examination, packaging material used purely as packaging, marketing materials, correspondence items, and used, second-hand and waste products.

Products added to scope — compliance from 30 December 2027

• Soluble (instant) coffee.
• Certain palm oil derivatives, including oleochemicals used in soap and cosmetics.
• Frozen cattle tongues.

Companies handling the newly added products get a transition period: their obligations apply from 30 December 2027, one year after the general deadline. Everything already in Annex I stays on the 30 December 2026 / 30 June 2027 timeline — see the deadline tracker.

The Information System implementing act

The second instrument sets the final technical rules for the EUDR Information System, which relaunched in June 2026:

• A simplified declaration form for micro and small primary operators, implementing the lighter regime created by the December 2025 revision.
• Updated API specifications for companies automating due diligence statement submissions.
• Additional functionality announced for later in summer 2026.

Where the two acts stand now (August 2026)

• The Information System implementing act is already law: published as Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1565, it entered into force on 17 July 2026. Both the production and test environments of the system are operational.
• The Annex I delegated act is in scrutiny: under Article 34 of the EUDR, the European Parliament and the Council have two months (extendable by a further two) to object. Neither can amend the text — only veto it, which observers consider unlikely. If no objection is raised, the final product list is expected to enter into force around mid-September 2026. Until then, companies should treat the published lists as the working baseline for portfolio mapping.

Guidance now in all EU languages

Alongside the acts, the Commission published the updated guidance document in all official EU languages — including Romanian — together with the consolidated FAQ. For Romanian operators this is the first time the full interpretive guidance is available in Romanian.

What operators should do now

• Re-map your product portfolio against the final Annex I: remove leather and retreaded-tyre workflows, add soluble coffee and palm-oil derivatives if you handle them.
• Check your supply chain position — the heavy obligations sit with the operator first placing goods on the EU market; the first downstream buyer only collects the due diligence statement reference number, and companies further down have no EUDR paperwork. See the SME and downstream guide on eudr.solutions.
• Plan Information System integration if you file at volume — the API specifications are now stable.

For an article-by-article legal analysis of the scope changes, see eudr.live. Both sites are published by Sustainability Today.