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(1) Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 lays down rules to minimise the Union’s contribution to deforestation and forest degradation. It was amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) as regards certain obligations of operators and traders. In particular, new categories of ‘downstream operator’ and ‘micro or small primary operator’ were introduced. The amendments relieve the downstream operators and traders from the obligation to submit due diligence statements in the information system referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (the ‘Information System’) and introduced a possibility for micro or small primary operators to submit a simplified declaration in the information system.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3084 (3) lays down the rules for the functioning of the Information System. That Implementing Regulation should reflect the amendments to Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 made by Regulation (EU) 2025/2650.

(3) The rules for attribution of Due Diligence Statements in the Information System to the competent authorities should be modified to align them with the rules of attribution for Simplified Declarations.

(4) A number of definitions should be modified and added to reflect the changes introduced to Regulation (EU) 2023/1115.

(5) Pursuant to Article 4a of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, micro or small primary operators are obliged to submit a simplified declaration and may update it following any major changes to the information they provided. Rules should therefore be laid down to enable such submission and updates.

(6) In order to ensure operational flexibility and future-proof adaptability of the IT infrastructure hosting the Information System, including its underlying functionalities, the reference to the TRACES infrastructure should be deleted.

(7) In order to address technical limitations regarding the file size of due diligence statements and simplified declarations that may be submitted in the Information System, and to avoid any disruptions to customs procedures, specific rules should be laid down to enable grouping of individual reference numbers or declaration identifiers in the Information System through the submission of a new due diligence statement or a new simplified declaration.

(8) To allow competent authorities to manage Information System users and their accounts, it is necessary to develop a dedicated feature in the Information System. At the same time, rules should be laid down which allow the Commission to cooperate with competent authorities where national expertise is needed or when verification of information by a competent authority is necessary for the Commission to validate requests concerning the Information System.

(9) Where access to the Information System is provided via a web service, the Information System should provide the necessary conditions for such interconnection.

(10) In order to ensure unique identification of the Information System users, each user should be able to create only one registration therein and should be required to supply an identifier allowing such unique identification.

(11) In addition, the Information System should ensure that the Information System users are able to maintain their registration information up to date.

(12) In order to ensure security and guarantee the continuous availability of the Information System, the Commission should be able, when necessary, to put in place measures to impose conditions on individual interactions with the Information System.

(13) Pursuant to Article 33(3), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, the Commission is to establish contingency arrangements in the event of the unavailability of the functionalities of the Information System. To ensure continuous compliance with obligations under Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, such contingency arrangements should include information obligations and the provision of a contingency reference number and a contingency declaration identifier.

(14) In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures laid down in this Regulation, this Regulation should enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(15) To provide sufficient time for the technical alignment of the Information System to the modified rules of attribution of Due Diligence Statements to the competent authorities, the date of application of those rules should be deferred.

(16) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 36(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115,