EUDR and coffee: importers, roasters, cafés and reference numbers explained

How the EUDR applies to coffee from 30 December 2026: the importer as operator, why the Commission now treats roasters as downstream operators, who receives reference numbers, what cafés need, coffee in customs warehouses, satellite alerts on shade-grown coffee, and what green coffee contracts should say. Read the full guide, with tables and links to every source: https://foodandpharmalaw.com/eudr-cof... Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:59 Which coffee products are covered 1:53 Who is the operator 4:23 Who receives the reference number 5:48 Coffee in stock on 30 December 6:48 Data, risk and satellite alerts 10:05 Contracts, customs and exports 11:57 Three things to remember As of 19 October 2026. General information, not legal advice. Narrated with an AI version of Elio Palumbieri's voice. The words and the legal analysis are his. Elio Palumbieri is a lawyer working on EU food and pharmaceutical regulation.