Tyres Europe has called for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) implementation timeline to be maintained, while addressing remaining operational issues through targeted, practical solutions.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued yesterday, the association said its welcomes elements of the European Commission\u2019s latest EUDR documents that appear to provide greater clarity and targeted simplification for companies preparing to implement the regulation.<\/p>\n
In particular, it said the proposed exclusion of retreaded tyres and test tyres from the scope of the EUDR would help avoid unnecessary administrative burden for products that do not raise the same traceability considerations as tyres placed on the market in the usual commercial sense.<\/p>\n
Adam McCarthy, Tyres Europe secretary general, said: \u201cThe tyre industry supports the objectives of the EUDR and is ready to implement it. After years of preparation, companies now need implementation certainty. The priority now should be to ensure that the remaining operational issues are addressed through targeted refinements and further implementation guidance, rather than through any reopening of the Regulation itself.”<\/p>\n
Tyres Europe also noted the recognition of the dual role that tyre manufacturers may play under the EUDR: as operators when importing natural rubber, and as first downstream operators when producing and selling tyres containing that natural rubber.<\/p>\n
It said this distinction is important to avoid unnecessary transmission of due diligence statement numbers further down the supply chain, where natural rubber has already been subject to due diligence at import stage.<\/p>\n
The objective is to avoid unnecessary duplication of DDS transmission obligations where prior due diligence has already demonstrably taken place.<\/p>\n
Tyres Europe believes that the same operational logic should also apply to certain trader situations involving imported tyres.<\/p>\n
Imported tyres have already been subject to due diligence at the moment of import and therefore already carry a clear and objectively identifiable indication that upstream due diligence obligations were fulfilled. <\/p>\n
The objective is to avoid unnecessary duplication of DDS transmission obligations where prior due diligence has already demonstrably taken place.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Tyres Europe said important operational challenges remain regarding the practical functioning of the EUDR Information System and the ability to aggregate Due Diligence Statement (DDS) references in a workable manner for complex industrial supply chains.<\/p>\n
For the tyre sector, imported tyres and EU-manufactured tyres are operationally mixed in warehouses and distribution systems, often over long periods of time. Customer shipments may therefore require the repeated reuse and aggregation of large volumes of upstream DDS references. <\/p>\n
While the European Commission has recognised the importance of grouping functionalities, Tyres Europe said the current technical architecture of the Information System risks limiting the practical operability of these simplifications. <\/p>\n
According to Tyres Europe, it is therefore essential that technically sustainable solutions are identified, allowing meaningful aggregation functionalities to remain operational in practice without compromising system resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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