Comparison

EUDR vs CSDDD — commodity traceability or broad due diligence?

EUDR guide CSDDD guide

Published Reviewed

EUDR is a product and commodity market-access regime. CSDDD is a broader company conduct regime over impacts in chains of activities.

Side by side

Dimension EUDR CSDDD
Scope object Listed commodities and products placed on, made available in, or exported from the EU market. Companies meeting scope thresholds and their covered operations and chains of activities.
Core proof Geolocation, legality, deforestation-free status and due-diligence statement. Impact identification, prioritisation, prevention, remediation, complaints and monitoring.
Decision unit Consignment or product flow. Impact, operation and business relationship.
Timing Before placing or exporting the product. Continuous risk-based process with staged legal application.

How they combine

Use shared supplier and geography data, but preserve the two decisions. CSDDD due diligence does not produce an EUDR statement, and an EUDR statement does not cover broader human-rights impacts.

A quick self-check

Are you ready?

  • Can product lots be traced separately from supplier-level risk?
  • Are commodity legality and human-rights impacts both assessed?
  • Do remediation and market-access decisions remain distinguishable?
EUDR EU due-diligence rules for specified commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation. CSDDD EU rules for in-scope companies to address human-rights and environmental impacts in their chains of activities.

This comparison is general information about public law and standards, not legal advice, and does not create a client relationship. Rules change and apply differently by situation. Verify the current official sources and seek qualified advice where needed.