Insights from EUDR preparedness exercise in the palm oil sector
The EU Competent Authority of Spain and two operators in the palm oil sector conducted an EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) preparedness exercise, facilitated by the European Forest Institute (EFI) through its Technical Facility on Deforestation-Free Value Chains. The voluntary exercise simulated checks on the operators’ due diligence system (DD-System) and related palm oil shipments from Indonesia and Malaysia, using real-world data and information to replicate future checks as closely as possible. The exercise aimed to help identify challenges, viable solutions and best practices to ensure smooth implementation of the EUDR, and provide recommendations that could benefit all interested stakeholders.
In addition to assessing the operators’ DD-System in practice, the exercise also served to assess the ease of using the EU Information System for transferring geolocation data and resolving any issues relating to data compilation, formatting and completeness.
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