EUDR geolocation for soya: large farms and big polygon files

Soya beans, flour and meal, oil and oilcake are in Annex I (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I). From Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102, the beans entry covers code 1201 90 00, which leaves out soya beans for sowing (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102).

What soya files tend to look like

Soya fields are often far larger than four hectares, so they need polygons (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Art. 2(28)), and farm boundaries frequently come from rural-registry or farm-management systems as shapefiles.

• Coordinate systems. Farm maps may be in a national datum (in Brazil, SIRGAS 2000), often projected to UTM (for example EPSG:31982, SIRGAS 2000 / UTM zone 22S). The Information System takes WGS 84 degrees only (GeoJSON File Description, Introduction); convert with the source system declared.
• Declared areas. Farm records carry an official area; the checker compares it with the measured polygon.
• Size. Many large, detailed polygons approach the 25 MB statement limit (Information System validation rules, Geolocation data size).

Problems to look for

• These coordinates are not in WGS84 degrees (COORD-006): projected coordinates.
• The declared Area does not match the shape you drew (PROP-007): a registered area that does not match the drawn field.
• This plot has a hole in it (GEOM-005): fields drawn around legal reserves or water as holes.
• The file is larger than 25 MB (FILE-003): the size limit.