The Trade, Private Sector Development and Employment (TPSDE) Facility II is an advisory service of the European Commission (EC) managed by the Unit E2 in charge of Trade, Investment Climate, Entrepreneurship & Value Chains within the Directorate General for International Partnerships (INTPA).
The Facility is aimed at providing technical and support services to INTPA Headquarters and EU Delegations (EUDs) to increase their capacity in programming, designing, and implementing interventions to improve the business environment in partner countries. It is an ad hoc facility working on demand for the EUDs and HQ, supporting INTPA E2.
The EU delegation in Nigeria has requested a technical support from the TPSDE Facility related to a general assessment on cocoa, cattle (including leather), rubber and wood value chains, potentially more affected by the EU Regulation on Deforestation (EUDR), regarding the level of preparedness of their private sector to comply with the new requirements to be implemented in January 2025. The assessment also covers the potential impact of the recently adopted Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D).
This document corresponds to the CS3D assessment, consisting of the scope of the CS3D, a summary of the characterization of the four value chains concerned, (detailed in the Value Chain mapping and EUDR reports (Vol 1 and Vol 2) and an evaluation of the state of preparedness of each value chain and an assessment of the potential impact of the CS3D: