Twelve million Ethiopian smallholders grow the coffee that arrives in European ports every week. From 30 December 2026, none of that coffee enters the EU market without an EUDR Due Diligence Statement filed in the Commission's TRACES NT information system. Your European buyers already know this — which is why they are asking you for geolocation files, legal documentation of the country of production, and a formal risk assessment. EUDRCheck generates the full dossier in your browser in 15 minutes. €199 one-time. No consultancy, no retainer, no sales call.
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Ethiopia is the fifth largest coffee producer in the world and the birthplace of the arabica bean. Around 30% of Ethiopian coffee exports go to the European Union, with Germany, Italy and France as the three top destinations. Specialty coffee importers in Hamburg, Trieste and Le Havre are among the most demanding buyers of Yirgacheffe, Sidamo and Harrar single origins.
These buyers are not optional customers. They are the anchor market for most Ethiopian exporters. Losing that market because of a missing document is not a minor operational issue — it is a commercial emergency.
The Commission's Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1093 of 22 May 2025 classifies Ethiopia as a standard risk country for EUDR purposes. That means Ethiopian exporters are not eligible for the simplified declaration regime created by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 (which only applies to micro and small primary operators in low-risk countries). The full Due Diligence Statement under Article 4 and Annex II is required.
When your European buyer says "I need your EUDR compliance documents", they are not asking for a certificate or a quality statement. Under Article 4 and Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, the specific data fields they need from you, as the supplier of the consignment, are defined by law. Here is what the regulation requires for every single shipment.
Your buyer is expecting all six of those elements inside one structured document submitted to TRACES NT before the shipment crosses the EU border. That document is the Due Diligence Statement. EUDRCheck generates it for you, structured exactly under Annex II, with your data, in your browser, in 15 minutes.
Many Ethiopian cooperatives have historically reported coordinates at the washing station or at the cooperative office level. Under Article 2(28) of the EUDR, geolocation must be reported at the level of each plot of land where the coffee was produced, with six decimal precision. Cooperative headquarters coordinates are automatically rejected by TRACES NT validation. EUDRCheck's GeoJSON validator catches this before submission.
Ethiopia has a complex land tenure system with federal, regional and communal layers. Article 2(40) of the EUDR requires explicit documentation that the coffee was produced on land over which the producer holds legal use rights, consistent with Ethiopian federal and regional land legislation. Verbal agreements or customary claims without written support are a common rejection trigger. EUDRCheck's legal checklist walks you through each of the eight legal dimensions required by Article 3(b).
Certifications such as Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade or organic do not replace the risk assessment required by Article 10.2 of the EUDR. The Regulation explicitly requires a systematic analysis of 14 criteria (letters a to n of Article 10.2), and Article 10.2(m) treats certifications as one complementary input, not as a substitute. A DDS that cites only the certificate and omits the 14-criteria analysis is rejected. EUDRCheck produces the full Article 10.2 risk analysis, with your certification incorporated as supporting evidence where applicable.
EUDRCheck does not generate a single PDF. It generates a complete dossier of eight structured documents, delivered as a ZIP file you download and keep. Every document cites the specific EUDR article it complies with.
Identifies your role (operator / trader / downstream), applicable regime, legal timeline. Article 2 + Article 8.
Signable PDF + TRACES NT-importable JSON. Every Annex II field completed with your data. Article 4 + Annex II.
File compliant with RFC 7946 + WGS-84. Points for plots under 4 ha, polygons for plots over 4 ha. Visual PDF included. Article 2(28) + Annex II.4.
Systematic analysis of the 14 criteria of Article 10.2 (letters a to n). Formal conclusion on risk level. Article 10.
Mitigation measures adopted or recommended when risk is standard or high. Article 11.
Upstream and downstream map with full traceability data. Annex II.5.
Eight dimensions of Article 2(40): land use, environmental, forest, third-party rights, labour, human rights, FPIC, tax and anti-corruption. Article 2(40) + 3(b).
ICS calendar file with annual review, 5-year retention requirement, 72-hour amend/withdraw window. Article 12 + Article 32.
Generated from your own input, in your own browser. No data leaves your device.
The eight-document dossier complying with Article 4, Annex II, Article 10 and Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115. This is the document that your European buyer uploads to TRACES NT. EUDRCheck generates it in 15 minutes, browser-side, for €199 per dossier. One license per shipment. The ZIP you download is yours permanently.
The field work of collecting GPS coordinates from each smallholder plot is a separate operational layer. If your cooperative does not yet have plot-level GPS data, the EUDRCheck browser-side map generator (included in the form) lets you capture coordinates point by point at WGS-84 with 6 decimals, compliant with RFC 7946.
We do not sell field data collection services. We generate the dossier from the data you already have or from coordinates you capture in our built-in map tool. If you change geolocation provider in the future, your EUDRCheck dossier remains valid — the PDF and GeoJSON you downloaded are yours.
Under Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Member States set national penalty regimes but must meet minimum EU-wide standards. The following consequences apply to any operator or trader placing non-compliant products on the EU market — including importers buying from Ethiopian exporters.
Article 25.2(a) requires Member States to impose fines with a maximum of at least 4% of the operator's or trader's total annual EU-wide turnover in the financial year preceding the fine decision. The maximum may be raised to exceed the economic benefit gained.
Article 25.2(b) and (c) — the relevant product and the revenues from its transaction may be seized by national customs and competent authorities.
Article 25.2(d) — temporary exclusion from tendering procedures, grants and concessions for a maximum of 12 months.
Article 25.2(e) — prohibition on placing relevant products on the EU market until full compliance is demonstrated. Applies to the European buyer, who will pass the consequence upstream to the non-compliant supplier.
Under Article 25.5, the European Commission publishes name, date and summary of every final infringement decision. Reputational exposure is permanent and public.
| Alternative | Cost | What you actually get |
|---|---|---|
| EU compliance consultancy (Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Amsterdam) | €2,000 – €5,000 per dossier | Same Annex II structure, 1 to 3 weeks lead time |
| Enterprise EUDR platform (LiveEO, Koltiva, TraceX) | €8,000 – €20,000 per year | End-to-end supply chain platform, yearly contract, not self-service |
| Certification-only approach (Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance) | Certification fees | Supports but does not replace the DDS under Article 10.2(m) |
| EUDRCheck | €199, one-time | 28-page professional dossier + TRACES NT files, Annex II fully structured, 15 minutes, browser-side, yours forever |
Ethiopian cooperatives exporting multiple lots per season often need 20, 40 or 100 DDS files across a single harvest campaign. EUDRCheck offers volume-pack pricing on packs of 10 dossiers or more. Email hello@solidwaretools.com with how many DDS files you need and we respond within one business day with a pack quote.
Request Volume PricingEUDRCheck generates a document structured under Article 4 and Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650) based on the information you enter. The truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of that information is your responsibility as operator or supplier of the consignment.
We guarantee that the document structure follows Article 4 and Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 and that the legal references cited are correct as of the latest verification date. We do not guarantee that a specific document will be accepted by a market surveillance authority in a specific case, nor by a commercial buyer in a procurement process.
EUDRCheck is not legal advice. For specific situations, consult a lawyer or specialised regulatory consultancy.
Eight documents. Annex II fully structured. Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 in its current wording including Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 amendment of 23 December 2025. Your data stays on your device. The ZIP you download is yours forever.