EU Deforestation Regulation · Timber & wood products

EUDR for timber and wood furniture.

Reg. (EU) 2023/1115 · wood and derived products including furniture · large and medium operators from 30 Dec 2026.

Wood is an EUDR commodity, and the scope reaches derived products — including furniture. Every covered consignment needs geolocation-backed proof of deforestation-free, legal harvest. And because furniture is also named in the ESPR working plan for a Digital Product Passport, wood-product companies face two EU data regimes that are cheapest to answer with one identity backbone.

Reg. (EU) 2023/1115Wood & furniture scopeGeolocationESPR crossoverEPCIS 2.0
What the rule requires

From harvest plot to finished furniture.

Geolocated harvest

Coordinates for the plots where the wood was harvested — the anchor fact every downstream record depends on.

Legality plus deforestation-free

Harvest must be legal under origin-country law and the land not deforested after 31 December 2020 — successor duties to EUTR, now with teeth.

Scope that follows the wood

The obligation follows wood into derived products: sawn timber, panels, and furniture. A table inherits its timber's evidentiary burden.

Due-diligence statements on the record

Statements filed in the EU system, references carried through manufacture — so the importer of a finished chair can point to the forest plot behind it.

The dates

The timeline, as it stands.

EUDR application is live for large operators. Furniture makers should read it together with the ESPR working plan: the same product will need a DPP, and the timber evidence becomes passport content.

Large & medium operators30 Dec 2026
Micro & small enterprises30 Jun 2027
Furniture delegated act (ESPR)working plan
What to do now

Three moves that de-risk the deadline.

01 · Step

Anchor the harvest data

Plot geolocation and legality documentation at the sawmill's intake — captured once, referenced forever.

02 · Step

Carry identity through manufacture

Batch identity from sawn timber to panel to finished piece, so the due-diligence reference survives the factory.

03 · Step

Design the DPP on top

The EUDR evidence you build is passport content. Design the furniture DPP to draw from the same records rather than building twice.

How Aeroz fits

One spine for two regulations.

Aeroz binds batch and unit identity from timber intake through finished furniture, with custody as EPCIS 2.0 events linked to harvest geolocation and due-diligence references. The same chip that proves the chair's timber story under EUDR becomes its DPP carrier under ESPR — one architecture, two compliance regimes, and a supply chain that can answer any border question with a read.

FAQ

EUDR for timber, answered.

Does EUDR really cover finished furniture?

Yes — the commodity scope for wood extends to derived products including furniture. Importers and manufacturers placing covered wood products on the EU market carry due-diligence obligations.

What geolocation is required for timber?

Coordinates of the harvest plots backing each consignment, with the deforestation-free cut-off at 31 December 2020 and legality under origin-country law.

How do EUDR and the furniture DPP interact?

EUDR demands the evidence; the ESPR passport publishes product data. Built correctly, the EUDR chain becomes the origin section of the furniture DPP — one data spine, two outputs.

We already did EUTR — what changed?

EUDR replaces EUTR with harder duties: plot geolocation, a due-diligence statement in an EU system, deforestation-free (not just legal) sourcing, and real penalties. Prior EUTR files are a starting point, not compliance.

Readiness audit

Know exactly where you stand — in 14 days.

A fixed-fee Aeroz audit maps your products against eudr for timber requirements and returns a written readiness assessment, a data-mapping review, and a scoped pilot plan with cost and timeline.

Fixed fee 14-day written report No commitment to proceed