Trade-related carbon pricing mechanisms, including import levies and export rebates for carbon-intensive goods, designed to prevent carbon leakage and ensure competitive parity for domestic industries under carbon pricing regimes.
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EU and Member States Conclude Joint Procurement Agreement for CBAM Common Central Platform
The EU has formalised a Joint Procurement Agreement between the European Commission and 27 Member States to acquire and operate the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism common central IT platform, with the agreement signed in December 2025 and published in May 2026. This is an implementation step for CBAM that does not change importers’ legal obligations but confirms that a unified EU-managed platform will underpin CBAM certificate sales and reporting from 2027, shaping how national systems and companies’ IT teams will connect.
European UnionEU Council Ad Hoc Working Party Meeting On The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) On 9 July 2026
The Council of the European Union has scheduled a 9 July 2026 Ad Hoc Working Party meeting on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as part of ongoing work on the EU CBAM framework. While this listing does not itself create new obligations, it signals continued Council-level technical discussions that could shape the timing and details of future CBAM implementation for importers and other affected sectors.
European UnionEU Council AHWP CBAM Meeting To Examine Presidency Compromise on Extending CBAM to Downstream Goods
On 27 May 2026, the Council’s Ad Hoc Working Party on CBAM will examine a Presidency compromise text to amend Regulation (EU) 2023/956 by extending CBAM to downstream goods and adding anti-circumvention measures. If agreed, this would materially broaden CBAM’s scope and enforcement reach for importers of carbon-intensive products, raising future compliance and reporting demands across EU-facing supply chains.
European UnionEuropean Commission Seeks Feedback on CBAM Rules for Third-Country Carbon Prices
The European Commission has opened feedback on a draft implementing regulation under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that will define how carbon prices paid in third countries reduce the number of CBAM certificates due, with consultation running until 10 June 2026. This will shape how effectively foreign carbon pricing is recognised under CBAM, directly affecting future compliance costs and planning for EU importers of CBAM-covered goods and their third-country suppliers.
European UnionNorway Proposes 2026 Budget Changes for Climate Quota Purchases, CBAM IT Systems and TFFF Loan Facility
Norway’s revised 2026 budget proposition increases funding for carbon quota purchases, proposes a conditional NOK 30 billion loan to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, and allocates new money for CBAM/EEA IT systems and registries. These measures strengthen long-term climate finance and Norway’s role in global forest protection while resourcing domestic implementation of the EU CBAM regime, with implications for exporters, importers and public finances.
NorwayEuropean UnionEU Parliament ITRE Committee Amendments to CBAM Scope and Anti‑Circumvention Rules
In May 2026, the European Parliament’s ITRE Committee tabled a large package of amendments to the CBAM amendment proposal, tightening anti-circumvention rules, default-value regimes, and delegated-act timelines, with particular emphasis on high-risk iron and steel flows (CN 7205) and downstream goods. If carried through into the final legislation, these changes would harden treatment of suspect imports, expand transparency and monitoring, and materially increase verification and reporting expectations for importers and EU manufacturers relying on carbon-intensive materials, while signalling a firmer political line on CBAM integrity and industrial competitiveness.
European UnionEU General Court Case T-193/26 Challenges CBAM Default Values for Georgian Seamless Steel Pipes
On 24 March 2026, MSP BV filed an action before the EU General Court (Case T-193/26) challenging the CBAM default value rules in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 as they apply to seamless steel pipes from Georgia. If the court annuls the contested provisions, CBAM default values and related cost and reporting exposure for Georgian iron and steel imports may need to be recalibrated, potentially influencing how CBAM benchmarks are set more broadly.
European UnionEU Council Schedules 19 May CBAM Working-Party Meeting on Scope Extension
In May 2026 the EU Council’s CBAM working party will examine the Presidency’s compromise text to extend the CBAM Regulation to downstream goods and tighten anti-circumvention rules, with key provisions envisaged to apply from 2026 and 2028. This signals a substantive step in negotiations and suggests importers and manufacturers of complex metal-intensive products may face broader CBAM exposure from 2028, making early planning on product scope, data, and supply-chain decarbonisation increasingly important.
European UnionEU Council Working Party To Examine CBAM Scope Extension And Anti-Circumvention Compromise Text On 19 May 2026
EU Council officials will meet on 19 May 2026 to examine a Presidency compromise on amending the CBAM Regulation to extend it to more downstream goods and strengthen anti-circumvention measures. This signals continued political momentum to broaden CBAM’s scope, so trade, sustainability and tax teams should keep tracking negotiations that could materially change future import compliance and cost exposure.
European UnionEU Parliament Budget Committee Drafts Budgetary Assessment on CBAM Extension to Downstream Goods and Anti-Circumvention Measures
In April 2026 the European Parliament’s Budget Committee issued a draft budgetary assessment backing the proposed extension of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to 180 downstream products and stronger anti‑circumvention measures, projecting modest but growing additional CBAM own‑resource revenues for the EU budget. This step signals continued political momentum for a broader, more robust CBAM as a stable EU revenue source, implying that carbon costs on a wider range of imported goods are likely to rise over time if the amendment is agreed.
European UnionEU Parliament INTA Committee Tables Amendments On CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956: Downstream Goods And Anti‑Circumvention
In April 2026, the European Parliament’s trade committee tabled extensive amendments to its draft opinion on the CBAM Regulation, proposing wider coverage of downstream steel and aluminium products and selected plastics and petrochemicals, tighter anti-circumvention rules, and more detailed governance and cooperation provisions around a 2028 implementation path. If even partly adopted, these changes would materially expand CBAM exposure for importers of steel, aluminium and plastic intermediates, increase data and verification demands across supply chains, and influence future decisions on export carbon-cost relief and support to developing-country suppliers.
European UnionEU Parliament ENVI Committee Considers CBAM Scope Extension and Temporary Decarbonisation Fund Draft Reports
In early May 2026, the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee is considering draft reports that would extend the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to downstream products and establish a Temporary Decarbonisation Fund to support sectors exposed to carbon costs. These debates clarify Parliament’s emerging stance on CBAM scope, anti-circumvention safeguards and targeted funding, shaping how carbon-intensive EU industries will face future carbon costs, investment decisions and trade competitiveness.
European UnionFrance: Agridées Assesses EU MACF Impact on Fertiliser Imports and Farm Costs
In April 2026, an Agridées analysis highlighted in the French agriculture ministry’s watch bulletin quantifies how the EU MACF definitive phase is raising the cost of imported fertilisers and key chemical inputs, with around 40% of French fertiliser imports now in scope and surcharges equivalent to €6–8 per tonne of soft wheat. These findings signal materially higher input costs and carbon-price exposure for fertiliser-intensive supply chains, pressing farm operators and upstream suppliers to adjust fertilisation strategies, sourcing decisions, and plans for potential on-shoring of fertiliser production.
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FranceEU Council Working Party To Examine CBAM Scope Extension And Anti-Circumvention Compromise Text
In May 2026 an EU Council working party will examine a Presidency compromise text to amend the CBAM Regulation, extending its scope to downstream goods and tightening anti-circumvention measures. If agreed and ultimately adopted, this would significantly broaden CBAM exposure and compliance obligations for EU importers and global suppliers of carbon-intensive goods and products downstream in their value chains.
European UnionEU Council Presidency Steering Note For AHWP CBAM Meeting On 1 April 2026
The EU Council Presidency has registered a non-public steering note for the Ad Hoc Working Party on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) meeting on 1 April 2026, linked to interinstitutional file 2025/0419(COD). This signals that CBAM remains an active legislative file in Council working parties, so CBAM-exposed businesses should monitor for subsequent public drafts or decisions that could clarify timelines, scope, or compliance details.
European UnionEU Council AHWP CBAM Meeting on Temporary Decarbonisation Fund (26 February 2026)
In February 2026 the Council’s Ad Hoc Working Party on CBAM met in Brussels to analyse the Commission proposal for a Temporary Decarbonisation Fund, marking an early working-level step in the CBAM support package process. This signals that Council scrutiny of how decarbonisation support and CBAM will interact is under way, so affected industrials should track subsequent meetings and texts for potential changes to funding access, carbon-leakage protection and reporting expectations.
European UnionEU Council – Commission Presentation on Temporary Decarbonisation Fund (WK 3285/2026)
The European Commission has briefed EU member states on its proposed Temporary Decarbonisation Fund, a €633 million CBAM-financed scheme to support decarbonisation of ETS installations producing selected iron, steel, aluminium and fertiliser goods in 2026–2027. If adopted, the fund would partially offset the loss of free allowances, add conditionality-linked investment support, and signal how the EU may cushion trade-exposed industry during the transition to full carbon pricing and CBAM revenues.
European UnionNorway Outlines EEA Implementation of EU CBAM Verification Principles Regulation 2025/2546
The EU has adopted Implementing Regulation 2025/2546 setting detailed verification principles, materiality thresholds, and reporting templates for CBAM declared embedded emissions, effective from 1 January 2026. Norway’s EEA note confirms the measure’s EEA relevance and plans to implement it through a new CBAM law and regulation, meaning Norwegian importers and verifiers must align their CBAM processes with the EU regime and prepare for more structured, audit-ready emissions verification.
European UnionNorwayEuropean Economic AreaEU Parliament ITRE Draft Opinion on Extending CBAM to Downstream Goods and Anti-Circumvention Measures
In April 2026 the European Parliament’s Industry Committee issued a draft opinion on the Commission’s proposal to amend the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, backing a significant extension of CBAM to downstream goods and stronger anti-circumvention rules. If adopted, these changes would bring a broad range of appliances, machinery and vehicles into CBAM scope, raising compliance demands for importers and manufacturers while shaping investment decisions on low-carbon production and EU-centred supply chains.
European UnionEU Council Presidency Proposes Compromise on Extending CBAM to Downstream Goods and Anti-Circumvention
The Council Presidency has tabled a compromise text to amend the EU’s CBAM Regulation, extending coverage from basic iron, steel and aluminium to a wide range of downstream metal-intensive goods and tightening anti-circumvention, electricity default values, and verification rules. If adopted broadly in this form, CBAM exposure would shift significantly down the value chain from 2028, forcing importers of machinery, vehicles, metal components and appliances to quantify embedded emissions more precisely and manage greater carbon-cost and supply-chain reconfiguration risk.
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Trade-related carbon pricing mechanisms, including import levies and export rebates for carbon-intensive goods, designed to prevent carbon leakage and ensure competitive parity for domestic industries under carbon pricing regimes.
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