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What you receive
See the exact file you get, before you pay a cent.
Most compliance software leaves you guessing what you’re actually buying. We don’t. Below is a complete specimen of the due-diligence file we hand you for every shipment: each plot screened for post-2020 deforestation with the exact datasets behind every verdict, the Article 9 information record, the legality and full risk assessment behind a negligible-risk conclusion, anything ambiguous held for a person, and (once a plot clears) the Due Diligence Statement filed in the EU’s TRACES system under your operator identity, with the reference number you keep on file.
This is a specimen, not a client file. Everything below is real, unedited output from our deforestation engine, run on two public reference plots, so you can judge the work, not a mock-up. The filing record was issued by the European Commission’s EUDR Acceptance environment (the official test system that mirrors production TRACES but issues test statements, not legally valid ones). The Article 9 to 11 record is assembled from that output; the evidence reference numbers in it are illustrative for this specimen, not a real operator’s documents. No client data appears here. Your own file would carry your operator identity, your producers, and your plots.
A quick tip: to keep a copy, use your browser’s Print → Save as PDF. And if you’d like to see this run on your ground rather than a reference plot, send us a single set of producer coordinates (ideally a shade-grown one) and we’ll screen it free. There’s a link at the foot of the page.
The deliverable, in full
A record you can hand to an auditor, not a report to decode.
Every plot comes back as a plain record: what was checked, what the sources said, and a clear verdict, with anything ambiguous held for a person rather than force-passed or force-failed. Two public reference plots, run and rendered field for field.
- Baseline
- 31 Dec 2020
- Analysis
- plot boundary, post-2020
- Datasets
- GFC2020 · Hansen v1.13 · TMF 2025
Plots assessed: 2
| Finding | Method / dataset | Result | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tree-cover loss, post-2020 | Hansen GFC 2025 v1.13 | 0.35 ha | Disturbance signal, not itself deforestation |
| Confirmed deforestation | JRC TMF vs 2020 baseline | 0.00 ha | No TMF-confirmed forest conversion |
Held for human review. Satellite shows 0.35 ha of tree-cover loss since the cut-off, but cross-checking with JRC TMF confirms none of it is forest conversion, consistent with the ordinary management of a shade-grown farm. Surfaced to a person, not auto-failed.
| Finding | Method / dataset | Result | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tree-cover loss, post-2020 | Hansen GFC 2025 v1.13 | 0.00 ha | None detected |
| Confirmed deforestation | JRC TMF vs 2020 baseline | 0.00 ha | No forest conversion |
Pass. No post-2020 tree-cover loss on any source. Clears without needing human review.
Datasets & method
- Baseline map
- JRC Global Forest Cover 2020, Copernicus JRC/GFC2020/V3
- Loss detection
- Hansen Global Forest Change 2025, CC-BY 4.0 v1.13
- Conversion class.
- JRC Tropical Moist Forest, 2025 release JRC/TMF/v1_2025
- NRT alerts
- RADD / WUR Sentinel-1 forest disturbance, CC-BY 4.0
- Criteria
- Reg. (EU) 2023/1115 Art. 2: forest ≥0.5 ha / ≥5 m / ≥10% canopy; cut-off 31 Dec 2020
- Method
- Type-aware cross-validation: TMF-confirmed conversion flags; unclassified loss held for review
The dossier for the plot that cleared
The two plots above are independent reference plots, one for each outcome. The Ghana cocoa plot was held for human review, so it stops there: it does not proceed to a filing until a person resolves it. The Brazil coffee plot cleared, so we assemble its complete due-diligence dossier: the Article 9 information on the shipment, the Article 10 risk assessment across every factor the regulation names, and the Article 11 conclusion. A real shipment carries only the plots on that consignment. This is the record that was filed, and that the operator keeps for five years.
Article 9 · Information on the shipment
- Commodity
- Green coffee beans (Coffea arabica), unroasted HS 0901
- Quantity
- 1,000 kg net
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Producer
- Fazenda Boa Vista · Sul de Minas, Minas Gerais
- Plot geolocation
- 1 plot, 4.59 ha, boundary polygon on file −21.715207, −46.438349
- Production period
- 1 Apr 2025 to 30 Sep 2025 (2025 arabica harvest)
- Supplier
- Fazenda Boa Vista, producer · Tres Pontas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Article 10 · Risk assessment
Country risk is read from the EU list. The legality and supply-chain factors are recorded and structured from the documentary evidence on file and checked for gaps; we organise and flag the evidence, we do not certify it.
- Country benchmark
- Brazil, standard risk (minimum 3% inspection rate) Reg (EU) 2025/1093
- Information reliability
- Reliable: plot geolocation cross-checked against the shipment documents and the property polygon
- Supply-chain complexity
- Low: direct import, one producer and one plot, identity preserved to the shipment
- Risk of mixing
- Low: single-origin lot, no bulking with product of unknown origin
- Indigenous peoples, conflict, sanctions
- None identified for the property or region
- Compliance history and expert findings
- None on record: no substantiated Article 31 concern or prior non-compliance for the operator or supplier, and no Commission expert-group conclusion affecting this origin
- Certification relied upon
- None: the conclusion rests on the primary evidence below
Legality (Reg. (EU) 2023/1115 Art. 2, relevant legislation)
| Legal area | Evidence on file | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Land-use rights | CAR-MG-3169307-BOAVISTA | Rural Environmental Registry active |
| Environmental protection | IBAMA-EMBARGO-CHECK-2026-03 | No active embargo on the holding |
| Forest-related rules | CAR-RL-APP-BOAVISTA | Legal Reserve recorded, no post-2020 conversion |
| Third-party rights | MATRICULA-14032-CRI-TRESPONTAS | Property registration, possession undisputed |
| Labour rights | MTE-LISTA-SUJA-CLEAR-2026 | Not on the forced-labour register |
| Human rights | HR-DESK-CHECK-2026-07 | No substantiated concern found |
| Free, prior and informed consent | FUNAI-MAP-CHECK-2026-07 | Not in or next to indigenous territory |
| Tax, anti-corruption, trade and customs | CNPJ-REGULARITY-2026-07 | Tax registration regular, customs consistent |
Each reference is an official registry entry or agency check kept in the file: a CAR environmental-registry number, a land registration, a labour-register check, an indigenous-territory map check. Where an area is thin or missing, the dossier flags it and the statement is not filed until the gap is closed.
Article 11 · Risk conclusion
The deforestation screen returned Pass, Brazil is a standard-risk origin, the full Article 9 information is present, the eight legality areas are evidenced with no gaps, the supply chain is a single identity-preserved tier with low mixing risk, and no substantiated concern was found. On that basis the documented risk of non-compliance is negligible, and the operator’s Due Diligence Statement can be filed. The conclusion is the operator’s to make; we assemble and document it so it stands up to inspection. If the risk were more than negligible, the record would list the mitigation still required, and the statement would not be filed until that was closed.
Filing
Once a plot clears, we file the Due Diligence Statement in the EUDR system as your Authorised Representative, under your operator identity and EORI. TRACES issues the DDS reference and verification number on submission; you keep the whole dossier (plot geometry, assessment, evidence and reference) for the five years the regulation requires.
- DDS reference
- 26DK0KD5X095AP
- Verification no.
- 22NXW0L5
- Status
- AVAILABLE
- Filed as
- Authorised Representative, operator identity in the payload, never ours
- Operator
- Provenleaf Coffee ApS · EORI DK39184756
- Submitted
- 31 Jul 2026
The coffee plot above cleared, so we ran it end to end through the European Commission’s EUDR Acceptance environment, the official replication system that mirrors production TRACES but issues test statements, not legally valid ones. This is a genuine sandbox submission that proves the filing path works, not a client filing. Live filings are made only on production TRACES, under a signed mandate.
Real, unedited output from our deforestation engine, run on two public reference plots. The Ghana plot is a public reference farm: CERSGIS, Reference Dataset for Land Use Change Mapping in Ghana’s Cocoa Landscape (2024-2025), Zenodo doi:10.5281/zenodo.15778396 (CC-BY 4.0), not a client plot. The DDS reference shown was issued by the EU’s EUDR Acceptance (replication) environment, a real test submission, not a live client filing. The due-diligence declaration, and legal liability for it, remain with the operator.
What this file does, and what it honestly doesn’t.
This is defensible due diligence: a complete, dated, sourced record that shows a competent authority you screened each plot against the authoritative forest data and reached a reasoned verdict, with the ambiguous cases handled by a person rather than waved through. It is the evidence a real inspection asks for.
What it is not is a “guarantee of compliance,” because no honest service can sell you one. Under the regulation the due-diligence declaration (and the legal liability for it) stay with you, the operator, always. We file as your Authorised Representative, a role open to us because glebora is EU-established (Denmark); a service established outside the Union cannot file in this role at all. We do the geospatial work, assemble the evidence, and submit through TRACES under your identity. The declaration is yours; the defensibility is what we build.
See it on your own plot
Send one plot. We’ll screen it free.
Did a generic tool flag your shade-grown coffee or cocoa? The clearest way to see the difference is on your own ground. Send us one set of producer coordinates (ideally an agroforestry plot) and we’ll show you how the type-aware read treats it, and what your filing would involve. No charge, no obligation.