# European Union Deforestation Regulation
**Entity class:** Regulation
**Aliases:** EUDR
## Definition
The **European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)** establishes due-diligence obligations for specified commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation. It requires relevant market actors to connect products to geolocation, demonstrate deforestation-free status under the regulation’s criteria, and address lawful production and risk.
## Relationships
- **supporting platform:** [[wiki/ICE Commodity Traceability|ICE CoT]].
- **mapping evidence:** [[wiki/Space Intelligence|Space Intelligence]] and protected-area data.
- **data concepts:** [[wiki/GeoJSON|GeoJSON]], [[wiki/Traceability Tree|Traceability Tree]], and [[wiki/Computable Provenance|Computable Provenance]].
- **evidence boundary:** compliance platforms support due diligence; public authorities retain legal and enforcement authority.
- **disambiguation route:** [[wiki/ICE|ICE disambiguation]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [European Commission — Deforestation Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/forests/deforestation/regulation-deforestation-free-products_en)
- [ICE Commodity Traceability](https://www.ice.com/iba/commodity-traceability-service)