16.04.2025
EUDR, European Regulation against Deforestation and forest degradation
EUDR compliance of the THEBAULT Group
The THEBAULT GROUP guarantees that your supplies fully comply with the applicable regulation. The THEBAULT Group has been working for 2 years to implement effective EUDR compliance, in full transparency on its sources of procurement from legal and traceable sources.
The THEBAULT Group frequently interacts with the competent authorities, the working groups of professional federations as well as its numerous suppliers and customers who are involved in the implementation of the EUDR.
IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THE Group
As part of the EUDR regulation, the THEBAULT Group:
- Has established a Due Diligence Procedure which is revised annually
- Has defined the distribution of responsibilities within the company
- Publishes and make accessible an annual ‘‘Declaration of Due Diligence Procedure’’
- Stipulates in low-risk areas, that all its suppliers provide a commitment to compliance and reserves the right to conduct audits.
- Conducts an annual on-site audit of all its suppliers in high-risk areas
- Conducts an annual internal self-audit of its Due Diligence Procedure
- Conducts an annual risk analysis on each of its sites and implements risk mitigation measures as necessary
- Implements a procedure for managing complaints and non-conformities at each site and commits, where appropriate, to notifying the authorities. Link: www.groupe-thebault.com/en/contact/
- Is committed to retaining, for a period of five years, in archive, all associated records with its Due Diligence Procedure
- Is committed to facilitating external audits and inspections
- Is committed to providing its customers with all the appropriate due diligence information required under the EUDR.
Due Diligence statement
In practice, the following will be made available to each customer:
- A reference number of the EUDR Statement (DDS number) with its verification number on each bill of delivery and each invoice.
- An annual Due Diligence Procedure
- Access to the necessary documentation for customers regarding Due Diligence.
IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE · THEBAULT GROUP
As of December 30, 2025, or June 30, 2026, for micro and small enterprises, all products listed in Annex I of the EUDR that are placed on the European market, distributed, or exported must be subject to Due Diligence and accompanied by a Due Diligence Statement.
GlossaRY
EUDR: The European Regulation against Deforestation and Forest Degradation aims to forbid the placing on the market or export from the European market of products that have contributed to deforestation or forest degradation.
Deforestation: designates the conversion of forests to agricultural use, whereas forest degradation is measured on the basis of various criteria relating to structural changes in forest cover.
Products concerned and mentioned in annex 1 of EUDR: cattle, wood, cocoa, soya, palm oil, coffee, rubber and certain of their derivative products such as leather, chocolate, tyres or furniture.
Due diligence: this includes three main stages: collecting information, assessing the risk of illegal harvesting, and implementing risk mitigation measures.
Due Diligence Statement: Before any product is placed on the market, operators and distributors will have to fill in a statement in the TRACES information system, which in turn will centralize all these declarations. Operators will have to review their due diligence system at least on an annual basis.
TRACES: The European Commission’s online platform for the sanitary & phytosanitary certification of animal and plant imports. In practice, the platform is accessible in all EU languages, free of charge, 24/7 with an internet connection and an EU Login account.
useful Link
► European Union: European regulation against deforestation and forest degradation
• https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1115
► ATIBT: EUDR information
• https://www.atibt.org/en/tags/88/eudr
► TRACES System:
• Acceptance Website which is a testing environment to prepare and familiarize with the formalities without consequences
(until the end of 2025): https://acceptance.eudr.webcloud.ec.europa.eu/tracesnt/
• LIVE website for official declarations: https://eudr.webcloud.ec.europa.eu/tracesnt/
Download: the THEBAUTL Group’s due diligence declaration documentation