FAQ.- Difference between placing on the market and making available on the market?

A) Placing on the market

A relevant commodity or relevant product is placed on the market if it is made available on the Union market for the first time. Relevant commodities or relevant products that have already been placed on the Union market are not covered here. The concept of placing on the market refers to each individual relevant commodity or product, not to a type of product, irrespective of whether it was manufactured as an individual unit or a series.

B)  Making available on the market

A relevant product is made available on the market it is supplied:

• On the Union market for distribution, consumption, or for use this means that the relevant product or commodity must be physically present in the EU, having been either harvested or produced in the EU, or imported into the EU and placed under the customs procedure release for free circulation. Relevant products placed under other customs procedures than the ‘release for free circulation’ (e.g. customs warehousing, inward processing, temporary admission, transit) are not considered to be placed on the market under the EUDR.

• In the course of a commercial activity this means for the purposes of processing, for distribution to commercial or non-commercial consumers, or for use in the business of the operator or trader itself. Commercial activities may be in return for payment or free of charge. The use of relevant products ‘internally’ by the business is considered a commercial activity and falls within the scope of the EUDR. Supply to non-commercial consumers and activities where there is no payment made in return are both within the scope of the EUDR.