What is the difference between EUDR and CSDDD?
EUDR is product and commodity due diligence for deforestation risk; CSDDD is corporate due diligence for broader human-rights and environmental impacts.
EUDR vs CSDDD: EUDR focuses on whether covered commodities and products are deforestation-free and legal; CSDDD focuses on company-wide due-diligence processes for covered human-rights and environmental impacts. Sources: EUR-Lex: EU Deforestation Regulation; EUR-Lex: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
The short version
EUDR is commodity/product-specific and market-access oriented. CSDDD is company-scope due diligence across operations, subsidiaries and chains of activities.
Side by side
Regulation
EUDR
EU Deforestation Regulation
- What it is
- EUDR sets deforestation-free and legality due-diligence rules for covered commodities and products.
- Scope
- Covered commodities and products listed by the regulation, including due diligence before placing them on, making them available on or exporting them from the EU market.
- Who it applies to
- Operators and traders dealing in covered commodities and products.
- Key dates
- Entered into force in 2023.
- Application is phased by operator size after the regulation's entry into force.
- Core obligations
- Collect supply-chain information, including geolocation where required.
- Assess and mitigate deforestation and legality risks.
- Submit due-diligence statements before market placement or export.
- Penalties
- Member States must set penalties, including fines with a maximum of at least 4% of annual EU turnover, confiscation and temporary exclusion tools.
Directive
CSDDD
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
- What it is
- CSDDD creates corporate due-diligence duties for certain human-rights and environmental impacts in operations and chains of activities.
- Scope
- Due diligence on actual and potential adverse human-rights and environmental impacts, plus climate transition-plan duties for in-scope companies.
- Who it applies to
- Large EU companies and certain non-EU companies meeting the directive's turnover and scope thresholds after national transposition and phase-in.
- Key dates
- Entered into force in 2024.
- Member States must transpose it, with obligations phased in by company size and turnover.
- Core obligations
- Integrate due diligence into policies and risk-management systems.
- Identify, assess, prevent, mitigate, bring to an end and remediate covered adverse impacts.
- Adopt and put into effect a climate transition plan where required.
- Penalties
- Member States must set penalties; pecuniary penalties must use net worldwide turnover and the maximum limit must be at least 5%.
Which applies to you?
If you place, make available or export covered commodities or products, check EUDR. If you meet CSDDD size and turnover thresholds, check corporate due-diligence duties even beyond deforestation.
Frequently asked
Is EUDR part of CSDDD?
No. EUDR and CSDDD are separate EU acts with different scopes, although both use due-diligence concepts.
Which one is product-specific?
EUDR is product and commodity specific. CSDDD is company and value-chain due diligence.
Can both apply to the same group?
Yes. A large group trading covered commodities can face EUDR duties and, if it meets thresholds, CSDDD duties.
Official sources
Comparisons are grounded explainers, not legal advice. Use the linked EUR-Lex texts and official sources for binding legal wording.
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