EUDR geolocation for rubber: smallholder plots and tyre supply chains

Natural rubber, compounded and vulcanised rubber, tyres, gloves and other rubber articles are in Annex I (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I). Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102 removes conveyor and transmission belts and narrows the used-tyre entry to tyre treads (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102).

What rubber files tend to look like

Much natural rubber is tapped on small farms and passes through dealers and processors, so files combine many small plots:

• Plots of four hectares or less can be points with their Area (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(28)) (Information System validation rules, Geolocation area for point).
• Larger holdings need polygons.
• Where rubber is grown east of 90° longitude (much of South-East Asia), coordinates written latitude-first are out of range and caught; elsewhere they land in the wrong place silently.

Problems to look for

• A latitude is outside -90 to 90 (COORD-002): latitude and longitude swapped, caught because longitude is above 90.
• This point has no Area, so it will be treated as 4 hectares (PROP-004): points without Area.
• Two plots in this file overlap or are identical (PLAUS-002): one farm sold through several dealers and declared twice.