25.1 Public traceability platforms
| Initiative | What it is | Usefulness for the EUDR |
|---|---|---|
| Selo Verde | A platform developed with the Federal University of Minas Gerais, launched in Pará in 2021 and adopted or being rolled out in other states (Minas Gerais, Acre, Espírito Santo, Tocantins, Mato Grosso do Sul). It brings together the CAR, PRODES, animal transit permits, embargoes, overlaps with protected areas, indigenous and quilombola lands, and the slave-labour register | Evidence of legality and of the absence of deforestation per property; cited by the Commission in COM(2026) 191. Limitations: it depends on the quality of the CAR, and state coverage is uneven |
| SICAR / CAR | The mandatory environmental registry of rural properties, with a self-declared georeferenced polygon | The basis for identifying the property; it requires verification, being self-declared |
| SIGEF / INCRA | Certification of the georeferencing of rural properties | Evidence of boundaries and of land use rights |
| PRODES and DETER (INPE) | Official satellite monitoring of deforestation in the Amazon and the Cerrado | The national reference for deforestation by year |
| MapBiomas | Annual land cover and land use maps and validated deforestation alerts | Historical land use analysis and checking of post-2020 alerts |
| Agro Brasil + Sustentável (Ministry of Agriculture) | A Ministry of Agriculture platform bringing together producers' socio-environmental compliance information | Documentary support; its fit with the Article 9 requirements needs assessing |
| National Plan for Individual Identification of Cattle and Buffalo (Ministry of Agriculture) | Individual identification of the herd, being phased in | Cattle traceability (not applicable to soy, but relevant for feed) |
25.2 Brazil's position and the Mercosur–EU agreement
Brazil remains classified as standard risk. With the trade part of the Mercosur–EU agreement applying provisionally since 01/05/2026, the tariff reduction makes the European market more attractive but does not change the EUDR. In practice the competitive edge shifts to the ability to deliver verifiable compliance, and not price alone.