Recital (13) · Regulation (EU) 2025/2650

(13)Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 lays down provisions related to the review of that Regulation, and it mandates the Commission to present several impact assessments accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals. Given that the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 was postponed by Regulation (EU) 2024/3234 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note, a potential extension of the scope of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 cannot be assessed without evidence on its application, on its effects on deforestation and forest degradation, on its impact on operators and traders, in particular SMEs, and on trade flows. For those reasons, the obligations related to the impact assessments to be carried out by the Commission provided for in Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 should be removed. Those impact assessments should be covered by the general review of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115. The date for the general review referred to in Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 should be changed to 30 June 2030 so that the review could take into account the experience of the enforcement of that Regulation. To reflect the amended obligations on operators, downstream operators and traders, the general review should also evaluate the impact of those amendments on the achievement of the overall objectives of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115.

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authorised representative
means any natural or legal person established in the Union who, in accordance with Article 6, has received a written mandate from an operator to act on its behalf in relation to specified tasks with regard to the operator’s obligations under this Regulation;’
downstream operator
means any natural or legal person who, in the course of a commercial activity, places on the market or exports relevant products made using relevant products, all of which are covered by a due diligence statement or by a simplified declaration;
in the course of a commercial activity
means for the purpose of processing, for distribution to commercial or non-commercial consumers, or for use in the business of the operator, downstream operator or trader itself;’
micro or small primary operator
means an operator who is a natural person or a micro-undertaking or small undertaking, within the meaning of Article 3(1) and Article 3(2), first subparagraph, respectively, of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, irrespective of its legal form, established in a country classified as low risk in accordance with Article 29 of this Regulation, and who, in the course of a commercial activity, places on the market or exports relevant products that this operator itself has grown, harvested, obtained from or raised on relevant plots of land, or, as regards cattle, on establishments located in that country;
operator
means any natural or legal person who, in the course of a commercial activity, places relevant products on the market or exports them, excluding downstream operators;’
trader
means any person in the supply chain other than the operator or downstream operator who, in the course of a commercial activity, makes relevant products available on the market;’