Certification
Also known as: EUDR certification
There is no EUDR certification — no scheme can certify compliance with the regulation. Third-party certificates may inform risk assessment; they do not discharge Articles 9–12 or replace a DDS.
What it means
Voluntary sustainability certificates are often useful evidence. They are not a compliance passport for EUDR.
In the regulation
The regulation does not create an EUDR certification scheme and does not allow any private certificate to replace due diligence, geolocation, or the statement. Certificates can be one input among others in Article 10 risk assessment; they do not remove the operator’s duties.
How ERWAY treats it
The dedicated field guide on this site states the rule in one line: there is no EUDR certification, and none of the major schemes claims to certify compliance with the regulation.
Related terms
- Risk & benchmarking
Risk assessment
Article 10 evaluation of whether relevant products present more than a negligible risk of non-compliance — required at standard and high risk; often skipped only under Article 13.
- Filing & enforcement
Due Diligence Statement
The filing by which the first-placing operator formally declares that due diligence was carried out and that risk is negligible — required at every country risk tier.
- Risk & benchmarkingNegligible risk
Negligible risk
Assessment outcome for a specific product and supply chain: risk of non-compliance is no more than negligible. Distinct from a country “low risk” label.
Keep reading
Roles & obligationsDoes certification make you EUDR compliant?
Why there is no such thing as EUDR certification, what third-party schemes can genuinely contribute to risk assessment, and the gaps you still have to fill yourself.
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Risk & benchmarkingRisk assessment and mitigation: building an evidence file that holds up
What EUDR risk assessment has to cover, what 'negligible risk' and 'substantiated concern' mean in practice, and how to document mitigation so it survives a competent authority check.
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