Mixing point
Where batch identity is destroyed in a commodity chain — mill, tanker, silo, washing station, abattoir — after which plot-level links for that volume cannot be reconstructed.
What it means
A mixing point is where lots from different plots are combined so you can no longer say which plot produced which kilogram. Diligence for volumes that still claim plot identity has to be complete before that point.
In the regulation
The regulation requires traceability to plots of land. Mixing with unknown or higher-tier origin also blocks Article 13 simplification for low-risk programmes. Operators cannot invent plot links the physical chain no longer supports.
How ERWAY treats it
Commodity guides on this site name each chain’s typical mixing point — for coffee, early identity loss at the washing station is a recurring theme; for cocoa and palm, mill and tanker stages dominate.
Related terms
- Regulation & scope
Relevant commodity
One of the seven commodities named by Regulation (EU) 2023/1115: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood — products in scope only when listed in Annex I.
- Geolocation data
Plot of land
Land within a single real-estate property, homogeneous enough that deforestation risk can be assessed as one unit — not an arbitrary farm name that mixes unlike patches.
- Risk & benchmarking
Simplified due diligence
Article 13 path that switches off risk assessment and mitigation when every plot is low-risk and mixing/circumvention risks are negligible — it never switches off geolocation, the DDS, or Article 12.
Keep reading
Commodity guidesCoffee under the EUDR
What EUDR covers for coffee, what the soluble coffee addition means and when it bites, and why the washing station is where traceability ends.
12 min read
Commodity guidesCocoa under the EUDR
What EUDR covers for cocoa, why the geometry problem is one of volume rather than difficulty, and where the chain stops being traceable.
13 min read
Commodity guidesOil palm under the EUDR
What EUDR covers for oil palm including the oleochemical derivatives, why the mill catchment breaks plot traceability, and what peatland has to do with it.
12 min read