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.
What it means
Negligible risk is a conclusion you reach after risk assessment (Article 10) about particular goods — not the Commission’s country tier. A low-risk country and a negligible-risk finding answer different questions.
In the regulation
If risk is more than negligible, Article 11 requires mitigation before placing or exporting. Filing while known non-negligible risk remains unaddressed is non-compliance. Article 13’s simplification also depends on mixing and circumvention risks being no more than negligible.
How ERWAY treats it
ERWAY keeps country tier badges separate from plot and supplier assessment outcomes so a low-risk origin is never confused with a cleared plot.
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 & benchmarkingMitigated
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.
- Risk & benchmarkingLow risk (country)
Low risk
Country benchmarking tier covering roughly 140 countries: Article 9 geolocation and the DDS still apply; Articles 10 and 11 may be skipped only under Article 13’s conditions; authorities check at least 1% of operators.
- 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.
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