How do I register my business in the EU information system?

Registration takes place via the EU information system for deforestation statements

A company registers in the EU information system that the European Commission has set up for the deforestation regulation: the register in which due diligence statements and simplified statements are submitted. This system is the central place where market operators and traders create an account, and from which they then submit a statement per product stream before the product is placed on the EU market or exported.

Companies dealing with the regulation for the first time therefore do not need a separate registration form with a national authority, but access to this single EU-wide system. From which point that access is needed depends on the role a company has in the supply chain and the product being traded — the regulation provides for multiple entry dates for this purpose, and these are determined per situation, not in general terms. Companies that have the file behind a statement built up can submit the statement themselves in the register, or have it done by a service provider with a proxy access. In both cases, the statement itself, and the risk assessment on which it is based, remain the responsibility of the market operator.

Where this follows from: the Commission's register page

That registration and submission take place in this specific EU information system follows from the description of the register on the green-forum page of the European Commission on the implementation of the deforestation regulation. There the system is explained as the instrument with which due diligence statements are submitted and registered, and to which competent authorities can look for inspection purposes. For the precise operation, the current state of implementation and any technical conditions for access, the Commission itself refers to these pages, and these therefore remain the designated source to consult alongside what is described here.