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Key dates and timeline

Two postponements, one simplification. The current application dates (after Reg. (EU) 2025/2650, Dec 2025) are 30 December 2026 for medium and large operators and 30 June 2027 for SME operators.

Timeline

DateEventSource
9 June 2023Reg. (EU) 2023/1115 published in OJ.EUR-Lex 32023R1115
29 June 2023Entered into force (twentieth day after OJ publication).Art. 38 (original).
30 Dec 2024Original application date. Reg. (EU) 2024/3234 postponed it by one year.EUR-Lex 32024R3234
30 Dec 2025First postponed application date (medium and large operators), per 2024/3234. Superseded.
30 June 2026First postponed application date (micro and small operators), per 2024/3234. Superseded.
23 Dec 2025Reg. (EU) 2025/2650 published. Second postponement + simplification.EUR-Lex 32025R2650
26 Dec 2025Reg. (EU) 2025/2650 entered into force.
30 Dec 2026Current application date — medium and large operators.Reg. 2025/2650 amending Art. 38.
30 June 2027Current application date — SME operators.Reg. 2025/2650 amending Art. 38.
≥ 30 June 2028First Commission review of the country benchmark (at least every 5 years thereafter).Art. 29(3).

What Reg. (EU) 2025/2650 did beyond the date shift

The DDS-filing obligation now applies to the first-place-on-market operator (and SME operators retaining their own filings).

Reading the dates

If you are a medium or large operator placing a commodity on the EU market for the first time, your enforceable date is 30 December 2026.

If you are an SME operator, your enforceable date is 30 June 2027.

If you are a trader or a downstream operator, post-2025/2650 you have no DDS-filing duty, but you still owe traceability and (for non-SMEs) registration / notification compliance from the dates above.

See also