Remediation and review under the EUFLR

A confirmed finding is not the end of the road under the Regulation. The Guidelines set an order of responses, and Article 21 provides the way back from a decision once the forced labour has been eliminated.

The Guidelines put prevention first — purchasing practices, lead times and prices that do not create the conditions — then mitigation and remediation in proportion to the company's involvement, with grievance mechanisms provided or cooperated with. Responsible disengagement is the last rung, for suppliers who show no will to change, and the default only where the forced labour is state-imposed. The platform records every plan with its rung and its next check, and builds the Article 21 dossier from the plan as it runs: the fee repayment ledger, the terminated agent contract, the worker-voice log, the independent re-check with unrestricted access. If a decision were ever taken, that dossier is the new substantial evidence Article 21 asks for, and a decision is withdrawn where the authority finds the forced labour has been eliminated. Assembling it afterwards, from memory, is what the append-only record exists to make unnecessary.