Compliance · EU deforestation regulation

On 30 December 2026, your European buyer will ask where every lot was grown

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) applies to large and medium-sized companies on 30 December 2026, and to micro and small enterprises on 30 June 2027. From that date, an operator placing cocoa, coffee, wood, palm oil or rubber on the Union market must be able to produce the geolocation of the plots of origin and proof that production was lawful.

There are 108 days left before the first deadline.

Who must act, and who pays

Primary responsibility rests on the operator placing the product on the Union market — not on the grower. In practice the requirement travels down the chain: the European buyer passes it to their Cameroonian supplier, who passes it to their cooperatives. XP-NOVA works where the burden actually sits.

  • Exporters and traders: you are the link the regulation names.
  • Processors and industrial operators: your raw material must be traceable down to the plot.
  • European buyers and importers: you need a file that holds up before your supervisory authority.
  • Cooperatives and groups: you hold the ground — we work with you, and the operator carrying the obligation pays.
  • Banks, microfinance institutions and funders: a non-compliant file on 30 December is a credit risk, not a technical question.
What the assignment produces

A compliance assignment, not a warning note. The deliverable is the file itself, as it will be presented.

  • Survey and geolocation of supply plots, with dated, georeferenced records.
  • Verification that production is lawful under applicable Cameroonian law.
  • Preparation of the due-diligence file, in the form expected by the declaring operator.
  • Support with the declaration and with answering the European buyer’s requests.
  • An upstream traceability register, reusable from one season to the next — compliance is not a one-off.

How it runs

  1. You file the request below: product, scope, progress. Five minutes.
  2. We come back within two working days with a scope and a quote in FCFA.
  3. Field assignment: records, checks, interviews with your suppliers.
  4. Delivery of the due-diligence file and the traceability register.
  5. Support with the declaration, until your buyer has what they asked for.
Delivered with ODT. Compliance for a value-chain volume and compliance for an investment project are not handled the same way. XP-NOVA handles both: the ODT division leads volume and value chain, AGROVITA leads the project and factory traceability. You deal with one team.
What we do not promise. The regulation’s timetable has already been postponed twice. We are not selling a deadline, we are selling a file: an upstream traceability register is worth having for certification, financing and the commercial relationship, whether or not the date moves. And we guarantee no decision by any European authority — nobody can.

File your request

Six questions to establish whether your situation falls under the regulation, and how deep it goes. No producer contact details are exchanged at this stage.

A rough order of magnitude is enough: it drives the field effort.

No amount is shown here: pricing is quoted after qualification, in FCFA.

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Source for the dates: European Commission — Access2Markets, 28 January 2026.

Version 2026.16 — updated 13 September 2026