Article 10Risk assessment

1. Operators shall verify and analyse the information collected in accordance with Article 9 and any other relevant documentation. On the basis of that information and documentation, the operators shall carry out a risk assessment to establish whether there is a risk that the relevant products intended to be placed on the market or exported are non-compliant. Operators shall not place the relevant products on the market or export them, except where the risk assessment reveals no or only a negligible risk that the relevant products are non-compliant.

2. The risk assessment shall take into account, in particular, the following criteria:

(a)

the assignment of risk to the relevant country of production or parts thereof in accordance with Article 29;

(b)

the presence of forests in the country of production or parts thereof;

(c)

the presence of indigenous peoples in the country of production or parts thereof;

(d)

the consultation and cooperation in good faith with indigenous peoples in the country of production or parts thereof;

(e)

the existence of duly reasoned claims by indigenous peoples based on objective and verifiable information regarding the use or ownership of the area used for the purpose of producing the relevant commodity;

(f)

prevalence of deforestation or forest degradation in the country of production or parts thereof;

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