No. Since 18 September 2026, cattle hides, skins and leather have been outside the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). A Commission act adopted on 13 July 2026 took them off the product list, and the change applied from 18 September, the day after it was published. Live cattle, beef and edible offal from cattle are still covered.
Which cattle products left the list, and which stayed?
| Product | Position since 18 September 2026 |
|---|---|
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | Out |
| Tanned or crust hides and skins of cattle | Out |
| Finished cattle leather | Out |
| Live cattle, fresh, chilled and frozen beef, edible offal, some prepared beef | Still covered |
| Frozen cattle tongues | Added, from 30 December 2027 |
Leather goods and footwear were never on the list; the only leather lines were the three now removed. The act also notes that its cattle entries cover animals of the genus Bos only, and not buffalo, bison or any other bovine animals.
Why were they removed?
The Commission found that EU buyers have little influence over hide suppliers when it comes to getting the information the regulation needs from them. The act says the question will come back in the regulation’s general review in 2030.
What did this mean for tanneries that had prepared?
The regulation’s duties never actually applied to hides and leather, because the date from which they bind was always later than the removal. A tannery or exporter that prepared for them was following the rule as it then stood.
Example: a Kanpur tannery
Example. A tannery in Kanpur ships finished cattle leather to a buyer in Italy in November 2026. The leather is outside EUDR, so no due diligence statement is needed for it. Beef and other cattle products are a different matter. If the same business exports them, they need location data for every establishment that kept the animals, from the date that applies to the business.
The full product list is in which commodities and products EUDR covers.
Where this comes from: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102, recitals 2 and 5, Article 2 and Annex, published in the Official Journal on 17 September 2026; Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I.
More on this: EUDR guide · EUDR compliance
Reviewed by Team GreenSutra on 26 October 2026.