# Can my EU buyer or I practise a due diligence statement in the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) Information System without it counting?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/eudr-information-system-practice-server-no-legal-value

Yes. The Commission runs a practice copy called the ACCEPTANCE server for training and testing. A statement filed there has no legal value and cannot show compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Statements filed on the PRODUCTION server have legal value, and each server needs its own registration.

## First, the words

- A due diligence statement is the online filing your EU buyer makes before the goods enter the EU. It says the buyer has done its homework on where the goods grew.
- The Information System is the Commission's online tool for making that filing. A server is simply one running copy of it.
- Think of a driving school's practice car park next to the real road. You can learn the controls there, but a test passed in the car park does not give you a licence.

## Two servers, one difference

- PRODUCTION: statements and simplified declarations filed here "have legal value and their content can be subject to checks by Competent Authorities".
- ACCEPTANCE: a replica of PRODUCTION with the same functions, for "training, familiarisation and testing". Submissions there "do not have legal value and cannot be used for demonstrating compliance with EUDR".
- The Commission says registering an account in one does not automatically grant access or registration in the other. Users complete separate registrations for each, as required.

## Who can use the system

The Commission says any operator and their authorised representatives and traders may use the publicly available online version. This is where operators declare that due diligence has been performed before placing products on the EU market or exporting them.

## What it means for an Indian exporter

- Our reading: a reference number from a practice run is not a number your buyer can put on a customs declaration, so do not accept one as proof that your lot is cleared.
- Our reading: if you are not the operator, you file nothing yourself. A practice run is for your buyer. You can still ask your buyer to test your plot file against the form before the real filing.
- The Commission lists online training for upstream operators on filing statements. On the page as read on 7 November 2026, the sessions were Tuesday 3, 10, 17 and 24 November 2026 at 14:00 Central European Time (CET), of which 3 November has passed. Separate sessions for micro or small primary operators were listed for Tuesday 27 October and Thursday 12, 19 and 26 November 2026. The page says additional dates will be announced.

## Why timing matters

The Commission page says the rules apply from 30 December 2026. Under the December 2025 amendment (Regulation (EU) 2025/2650), micro and small operators get until 30 June 2027 in most cases. Ask your buyer which date applies to it. If your buyer is bound by 30 December 2026, that date was 53 days away on 7 November 2026 (23 days to the end of November plus 30 in December).

## Telling the two numbers apart

- Your buyer sends a statement reference from a test run on the ACCEPTANCE server.
- Ask: was this filed on PRODUCTION?
- If the answer is no, the Commission says the submission cannot be used for demonstrating compliance.

Our reading of the Commission's description of the two servers.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible turns fuel invoices and electricity bills into an emission record. For EUDR it does not file due diligence statements, collect plot coordinates or check deforestation-free status.

- [When the statement number must exist, before the customs declaration](https://senseible.earth/answers/eu-deforestation-dds-reference-number-before-customs-declaration)
- [Which role is my EU buyer](https://senseible.earth/answers/eu-deforestation-which-role-is-my-eu-buyer)
- [EUDR readiness: what applies to your goods](https://senseible.earth/eudr)

Sources: [European Commission Green Forum, Guide to the Information System](https://green-forum.ec.europa.eu/nature-and-biodiversity/deforestation-regulation-implementation/information-system-deforestation-regulation_en), [European Commission Green Forum, Deforestation Regulation implementation](https://green-forum.ec.europa.eu/nature-and-biodiversity/deforestation-regulation-implementation_en), [Regulation (EU) 2025/2650 amending the EUDR, on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu)

Last reviewed 2026-11-07. Training dates change often. Re-check the Commission Information System page for current sessions before you plan around one. Page read on 7 November 2026.