Mitigation
Also known as: Risk mitigation
Article 11 measures that must bring risk to negligible before goods move — there is no residual-risk category to park a more-than-negligible finding in.
What it means
Mitigation is what you do when assessment finds risk more than negligible. Either you can conclude negligible risk after mitigation, or the goods do not move as compliant.
In the regulation
Article 11 requires adequate, documented mitigation procedures. This regulation has no residual-risk parking lot: a documented decision to accept a more-than-negligible risk is a documented decision to place non-compliant goods. At high-risk origin, expect closer scrutiny of mitigation evidence.
How ERWAY treats it
Mitigation workflows attach evidence to the plot or supplier finding — geometry fixes, supplier follow-ups, volume exclusion — until the outcome is negligible or the volume is kept out of the filing.
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.
- 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.
- Risk & benchmarkingHigh risk (country)
High risk
Country benchmarking tier under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093: four countries today, full diligence, and the highest minimum authority check rates (9% of operators and 9% of volume).
Keep reading
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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Risk & benchmarkingEUDR country risk classification: which obligations change, tier by tier
A complete tier-by-tier comparison of EUDR obligations: information collection, due diligence systems, risk assessment, mitigation, mixing rules, substantiated concerns and authority check rates.
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