How Ansell is Responding to the EUDR and Protecting Your Supply Chain?

What is the EUDR?

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) aims to prevent the trade in the EU of certain products linked to deforestation and forest degradation. This includes rubber, palm oil, soy, coffee, cocoa, wood, and cattle, or products made using these commodities. By promoting sustainable land use and protecting forests worldwide, the EUDR is helping combat climate change and biodiversity loss.

How do companies verify supply chain compliance?

• Trace and verify their supply chains to ensure compliance.
• Demonstrate that products are deforestation-free and produced in accordance with local laws, including labor rights, land use rights, tax, anti-corruption, trade, and customs regulations.
• Include a due diligence statement declaring that the products carry no or only negligible risk of noncompliance.

Which Ansell products are impacted by the EUDR?

• Latex Gloves: Our latex gloves made from natural rubber, including both PPE and medical gloves.
• Please note that when products are placed on the market with packaging, no compliance is needed for the packaging component.

When is the EUDR effective?

• The regulation impacts products placed on the market after the effective date*.
• Products in stock in the EU on the effective date can continue to be resold in the EU lawfully
• If the products were ordered before the EUDR came into effect but manufactured afterwards, they must comply.

How is Ansell protecting your supply chain?

Ansell is committed to ensuring the traceability of our products and providing you with accurate documentation to verify compliance with the EUDR.

• This information will include the country of production, coordinates of the plot of land where rubber was harvested, and the date of harvesting.
• We will maintain accurate documentation to verify compliance. Customers can obtain our due diligence statement reference number via the EU’s Deforestation Information System to comply with the EUDR. The EU system is scheduled to open in December 2024.
• EU Member States’ competent authorities will carry out spot checks to confirm products are deforestation-free, including checking the validity of due diligence statements and overall compliance of operators.
• Ansell will publicly report on our due diligence efforts.

Ansell is legally responsible for ensuring that our products carry no risk of deforestation in the sense of the EUDR. We apply the same rules when dealing with our own suppliers of materials.

What are the consequences of non-compliance with the EUDR?

The penalties for non-compliance are significant and include the seizure and destruction of goods, fines and restricted access to the EU market. If we are not confident that our products meet the requirements of the EUDR, we will not send them to our EU customers. If you have any further questions about how we are responding to the EUDR and protecting your supply chain, please contact your Ansell representative.

How can customers and salespeople easily identify if a product needs a Declaration of Due Diligence ( DDS ) or not after the new compliance date?

The product lot number will provide indication on whether or not the product must comply (date of production ). Thus, our customers and salespeople will easily identify products which need a DDS or not.

What happens to products produced before the effective date? Can they still be sold and used in the EU?

Products placed on the market before the effective date can be resold and used in the EU without limitation (other than expiry date). There is no phase-out of the products already lawfully on the market.

Are there any extensions or delayed compliance dates for small and medium distributors regarding the new regulations?

Some of our customers (small and medium-sized distributors) will benefit from an additional 6 months to comply . Small and medium-sized distributors are those who meet two of the three following criteria: (a) less than EUR 25M balance sheet; (b) less than EUR 50M turnover; (c) less than 250 employees.

^{*currently set on 30 December 2024, subject to postponement}