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On 17 September 2026, the European Commission published Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102, amending the product scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR; Regulation (EU) 2023/1115). This amendment adds several oil palm-derived chemicals and other products, while also clarifying or removing the coverage of certain existing product categories. The amendment entered into force on 18 September 2026.

The EUDR establishes due diligence requirements for operators and traders placing specified commodities and products on the European Union market, making them available on the market, or exporting them.

More Oil Palm-Derived Chemicals Added

The amended Annex I adds several categories of oil palm derivatives used in the oleochemicals industry, including:

• Hydrogenated or chemically modified palm and palm kernel oils
• Glycerol and fatty alcohols
• Fatty acids, salts and esters
• Amines, quaternary ammonium salts and amides
• Soaps containing or made using oil palm
• Chemical products and preparations containing or made using oil palm
• Polyethers made using oil palm

These products are identified by specific Harmonised System (HS) codes. Many entries use the prefix ‘ex’, meaning that only the products described in the Annex are covered, rather than all products classified under the relevant HS code. For example, several chemical entries only apply where the substance or product has been synthesised using oil palm. Certain products used in the manufacture of human or veterinary medicines are excluded.

The newly added product categories will become subject to the EUDR on 30 December 2027, which gives companies additional time to adapt their supply chain due diligence systems.

Other Products Added and Removed

The amendment also adds soluble coffee and frozen cattle tongues to the EUDR’s scope. These additions will also apply from 30 December 2027.

Several products are removed from the EUDR’s scope, including:

• Raw cattle hides and skins
• Tanned or crust cattle hides and skins
• Further-prepared cattle leather
• Certain conveyor and transmission belts made from vulcanised rubber
• Certain other articles of vulcanised rubber
• Soya beans intended for sowing

The entry covering wooden seats has also been revised to exclude aircraft and motor vehicle seats.

Scope and Exclusions Clarified

The regulation clarifies that the cattle category excludes buffalo and bison, the oil palm category excludes oils from other palm species, and the rubber category excludes synthetic rubber and natural gums obtained from other species. Wood products made from bamboo, rattan or other woody materials are also outside the scope.

Additional clarifications concern waste, used and second-hand products, product samples, materials used for testing or analysis, packaging used to support or carry other goods, and accompanying marketing materials and correspondence.

Companies handling coffee, palm oil derivatives, oleochemicals, rubber goods, wood products or cattle-derived products should review the revised Annex I to determine whether their products have entered or left the EUDR’s scope, and to establish whether additional due diligence preparations will be required before 30 December 2027.