EUDR geolocation for coffee: small plots, steep terrain, many producers

Annex I covers coffee "whether or not roasted or decaffeinated", husks and skins, and substitutes containing coffee (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I). From 30 December 2027, coffee extracts, essences and concentrates (soluble coffee) are added (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102).

What coffee files tend to look like

Much coffee is grown on small farms and pooled by cooperatives and exporters, so files often combine many producers and many small plots: a Type II file, with ProducerCountry on every plot (GeoJSON File Description, File Variants Description, Type II). Plots of four hectares or less can be points with their Area; larger ones need polygons (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(28)) (Information System validation rules, Geolocation area for point).

Problems to look for

• This point has no Area, so it will be treated as 4 hectares (PROP-004) and A plot over 4 hectares cannot be a single point (PROP-005): the point-and-Area pair, which decides whether a point is allowed at all.
• The boundary of this plot crosses itself (GEOM-003): boundaries walked on steep, winding terrain, where a missed corner added at the end crosses the outline.
• Longitude and latitude look swapped (COORD-003): coordinates copied latitude-first from a phone.
• The file is not valid UTF-8 text (FILE-005): producer names with accents from Spanish- and Portuguese-language systems saved in the wrong encoding.