How is Ansell Responding to the EUDR and Protecting Your Supply Chain?

What is the EUDR?

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) aims to prevent trade in the EU of certain products linked to deforestation and forest degradation. This includes rubber, palm oil, soy, coffee, cocoa, wood, and cattle, or products made using these commodities. By promoting sustainable land use and protecting forests worldwide, the EUDR is helping combat climate change and biodiversity loss.

How do companies verify supply chain compliance?

Depending on their role in the supply chain, companies in the EU may have various degrees of obligations. As an “Operator”, Ansell is incumbent of the majority of EUDR requirements, such as:

• Trace and verify their supply chains to ensure compliance.
• Demonstrate that products are deforestation-free and produced in accordance with local laws, including labor rights, land use rights, tax, anti-corruption, trade, and customs regulations.
• Include a due diligence statement declaring that the products carry no or only negligible risk of non-compliance.

IMPORTANT: As our direct downstream operators, our distributors in the EU have the duty to register with the EU Information System Traces, and to collect the Due Diligence Statement (DDS) numbers communicated by Ansell on our goods. Distributors should refuse natural rubber latex gloves which are not sold under a DDS or for which a DDS number has not been secured and provided. If they purchase directly from suppliers located outside the EU, distributors must be aware that they may become the first EU importer with stricter due diligence and be responsible for securing a DDS.

Which Ansell products are impacted by the EUDR?

Latex Gloves: Our latex gloves are made from natural rubber, including both PPE and medical gloves, provided they are imported in the EU under a customs code starting with 4015. Always seek confirmation of whether a natural rubber glove is impacted by the EUDR.

For your convenience, we maintain a full list of our product references within the scope of the EUDR.

Please note that when products are placed on the market with packaging, no compliance is needed for the packaging component.

When is the EUDR effective?

• The regulation impacts products placed on the market for the first time as of 30 December 2026.
• Products in stock in the EU on the effective date can continue to be resold in the EU lawfully.
• If the products were ordered before the EUDR came into effect but manufactured afterwards, they must comply.

How is Ansell protecting your supply chain?

Ansell is committed to ensuring the traceability of our products and maintaining accurate documentation to verify compliance with the EUDR.

• Ansell selects its suppliers responsibly and only sources natural rubber latex from low-risk countries of production.
• The Due Diligence Reference Number will be provided to our distributors via the invoice for each relevant product lot.
• Ansell maintains accurate documentation to verify traceability, compliance, and use state-of-the-art risk assessment tools (Osapiens).
• EU Member States’ competent authorities will carry out spot checks to confirm products are deforestation-free, including checking the validity of due diligence statements and overall compliance of operators, at any point, including at entry in the EU.
• Ansell will publicly report on its due diligence efforts.

Ansell is legally responsible for ensuring that our products carry no risk of deforestation in the sense of the EUDR. We apply the same rules when dealing with our own suppliers of materials.

What are the consequences of non-compliance with the EUDR?

The penalties for non-compliance are significant and include the seizure and destruction of goods, fines, and restricted access to the EU market. If we are not confident that our products meet the requirements of the EUDR, we will not offer them to our EU customers. If you have any further questions about how we are responding to the EUDR and protecting your supply chain, please contact your Ansell representative. If you have concerns about products supplied by other suppliers, or reason to believe that they may not be EUDR-compliant, the EUDR requires that these are reported.

How can customers and salespeople easily identify if a product needs a Declaration of Due Diligence ( DDS ) or not after the EUDR effective date?

Ansell products are EUDR-compliant. We maintain a list of the styles which must be EUDR-compliant, and we only sell EUDR-compliant lots.

What happens to products produced before the effective date? Can they still be sold and used in the EU?

Products placed on the market before the effective date can be resold and used in the EU without limitation (other than expiry date). There is no phase-out of the products already lawfully on the market before that date. For easy identification, when the date approaches, a generic DDS number will be provided when such products in stock are sold after the date.

Are there any extensions or delayed compliance dates for small and medium distributors regarding the new regulations?

Some of our EU customers (small and medium-sized distributors) will benefit from an additional six months to comply. However, they will be treated equally and receive DDS numbers with the goods they purchase from us as of the effective date. Small and medium-sized distributors are those who meet two of the three following criteria:

• Less than EUR25M balance sheet
• Less than EUR50M turnover
• Less than 250 employees