Error FILE-006
Password-protected ZIP or RAR: the EUDR system cannot open it
The Information System cannot open protected archives, so the upload fails before any plot is read.
- Severity
- Error. The Information System rejects the file, or silently stores something other than what you meant.
- Fixed automatically?
- No, this needs a decision only you can make.
- In short
- Remove the password, or extract the GeoJSON and upload it directly.
What the Information System does
It cannot open it, so no plot is read. "Password-protected files" are on the Commission's list of common file errors (GeoJSON File Description, Common errors 13).
Why it happens
Suppliers protect archives for a good reason: producer names and plot locations are personal and commercially sensitive data. But the Information System is an automated importer, and there is no way to give it a password.
Once the file is in your hands, the protection has done its job. What the system needs is the plain file. If you are worried about checking it with an online tool, that is exactly the case the checker was built for: it reads the file in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.
A broken example
The first bytes of a password-protected RAR archive.
Rar! encrypted-payloadWhat the checker reports for this file:
Fix it in EUDRplot
- Open the archive yourself. Use the password you were given to extract the contents with your usual archive tool.
- Check what was inside. Drop the extracted GeoJSON, KML, shapefile or CSV on the checker. It is read in your browser, so the data you were sent privately stays on your computer.
- Upload the file, not the archive. Download the checked GeoJSON and attach that to the statement.
Fix it in QGIS
This is not a geometry problem, so QGIS is not the tool. Extract the archive with the password, then open the file inside as usual.
Try it: check the example, or your own file
Drop a GeoJSON, KML, shapefile or CSV here, or .
Checked in your browser. The file is not uploaded, stored or sent anywhere.
Sources
- EUDR GeoJSON File Description (EUDR Information System help, updated 17 August 2026), Common errors 13, European Commission
- EUDR GeoJSON File Description, v1.5 (5 May 2025), §6.13, European Commission (copy hosted at nli.gov.cz)
Rule FILE-006, rule set 2026.09.2. The same rule runs in the checker, the free tools and the command-line tool.
Last verified against these sources on .