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EUDR DDS template — Excel for suppliers, GeoJSON for TRACES
There is no official fill-in template for EUDR geolocation — the Commission publishes a file specification (the GeoJSON File Description v1.5), not a spreadsheet. So here are the two templates that cover the real workflow: an Excel sheet your suppliers can fill in, and a GeoJSON file that already matches what TRACES reads. Both free, no e-mail asked.
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Excel template (.xlsx) GeoJSON template (.geojson)
The Excel template is one row per plot, five columns: Production place, Country (ISO2), Latitude, Longitude, Area (ha) — with three worked example rows and a READ ME sheet your supplier can follow. The GeoJSON template is a valid FeatureCollection carrying the four fields TRACES reads from a file — ProducerName, ProducerCountry, ProductionPlace, Area — with one polygon plot and one point plot to copy from.
How to use the Excel template
Send it to the supplier: one row per plot — plot name, two-letter country code, latitude and longitude in decimal degrees (6 decimals; comma decimals are fine, they are converted), area in hectares. When it comes back, drop it into DDSpass: columns are detected automatically, country names are normalised to ISO codes, swapped coordinates and text-typed numbers are caught, and out comes a TRACES-ready GeoJSON. Everything runs in your browser — the file is never uploaded.
One rule to brief the supplier on: a plot over 4 hectares must be a mapped field boundary (polygon), not a single point — EUDR Art. 2(28). Points up to 4 ha are fine in a spreadsheet; larger plots should come as KML, GeoJSON or a Shapefile (DDSpass converts those too).
Why the GeoJSON template looks like that
TRACES only accepts GeoJSON, and its top-level Import button fills the producer name, the country of production and the place description straight from the file — but only when the fields are named exactly right (see which Import button reads what). The template carries all four canonical fields on every plot, WGS84 coordinates in the correct longitude–latitude order, and a closed polygon ring. Paste your own coordinates over the examples — or skip hand-editing entirely and let the tool generate the file from whatever the supplier sent (Excel, KML, Shapefile).
Questions
Is there an official EUDR geolocation template?
No. The European Commission publishes the EUDR GeoJSON File Description (v1.5, 5 May 2025) — a specification, not a fill-in file. These templates follow that specification; the checks DDSpass runs are derived from it.
Can I upload the Excel file to TRACES?
No. TRACES only accepts GeoJSON for geolocation. The Excel template is for collecting clean data from suppliers; drop it into DDSpass to convert it to a TRACES-ready GeoJSON in your browser.
What about plots over 4 hectares?
Under EUDR Art. 2(28) they must be declared as a mapped field boundary (polygon), not a point. Use the polygon example in the GeoJSON template, or send the boundary as KML/Shapefile and convert it.
Are the templates really free?
Yes — both downloads are free with no sign-up, and validating a filled file (every plot, every finding) is free too. Downloading the converted, cleaned GeoJSON is the paid step.