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CBAM: new application user manual CBAM declarant portal
On 18 December 2024 EU Commission published the Application User Manual CBAM Declarant Portal ver 1.4 with the purpose to support in reporting “declarants and CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) declarants (referred to in this document CBAM declarants) on how to utilise the CBAM Declarant Portal (referred to in this document CBAM Declarant Portal). The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Declarant Portal is the interface offered to CBAM Reporting Declarants to submit & manage the quarterly reports in the CBAM Transitional Registry. CBAM Regulation started applying, without financial adjustments, as of 1st October 2023 followed by a transitional period until 1 st January 2026. During this period importers of goods…
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CBAM questions & answers: last updated on 31 January 2024
On 31 January 2024 EU Commission published the last version of “ Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Questions and Answers” already released on the 23 January. In particular, the new topics are: QUESTION n.11. Does the CBAM apply to packaging? ANSWER: “…The CBAM reporting obligation applies if the CN code of the packaging is given in the customs declaration and is covered by Annex I to the CBAM Regulation…” QUESTION 12: Does the CBAM apply to goods produced in EU outermost regions, such as Mayotte or La Reunion? ANSWER: “….The CBAM Regulation applies only to CBAM goods originating in third countries and imported into the customs territory of the Union.…
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CBAM and AEO: the workflow to comply with
The Guidance document on CBAM implementation for importers of goods into the EU shares the following workflow aiming to simply the operational aspects of the CBAM compliance: The importer (reporting declarant) receives CBAM goods from various installations, possibly from different countries outside the EU. For each import, the importer lodges the usual customs declaration. The customs authority of the relevant EU Member State checks and clears the import, as usual. The customs authority (or the IT system used) informs the European Commission (using the CBAM Transitional Registry) of this import. This information can then be used to check the completeness and accuracy of quarterly CBAM reports. The reporting declarant requests…
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Are you ready for the CBAM? Some guidelines from EU Commission
From 1 October 2023 are you ready for the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism – CBAM? Please read our analisys of the EU Commissions’s: Guidance document on CBAM implementation for importers of goods into the EU; Guidance document on CBAM implementation for installation operators outside the EU. The “Guidance document on CBAM implementation for importers of goods into the EU” establishes that the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an environmental policy instrument designed to support the EU climate ambitions of achieving a net reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of at least 55% by 2030 and of reaching climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest. As already explained by…
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CBAM transitional registry
The regulation draft C(2023) 5512 final “…laying down the rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards reporting obligations for the purposes of the carbon border adjustment mechanism during the transitional period…”clarifies that the CBAM Transitional Registry will consist of the following common components: (a) the CBAM Trader Portal (CBAM TP); (b) the CBAM Competent Authorities Portal (CBAM CAP) with two segregated spaces: (1) one for the National Competent Authorities (CBAM CAP/N) and; (2) another for the Commission (CBAM CAP/C); (c) the CBAM User Access Management; (d) the CBAM Registry Back End Services (CBAM BE); (e) the public CBAM page…
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CBAM transitional registry submission: timeline of obligations for reporting declarant
The regulation draft C(2023) 5512 final “…laying down the rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards reporting obligations for the purposes of the carbon border adjustment mechanism during the transitional period…” in its article n.8 lays down that For each quarter from 1 October 2023 until 31 December 2025 the reporting declarant has to submit the CBAM reports to the CBAM Transitional Registry no later than one month after the end of that quarter; In the CBAM Transitional Registry the reporting declarant has to provide information and indicate, whether: (a) the CBAM report is submitted by an importer in…
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AEO, CBAM and embedded indirect emissions
The regulation draft C(2023) 5512 final “…laying down the rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards reporting obligations for the purposes of the carbon border adjustment mechanism during the transitional period…” about the embedded indirect emissions lays down that it is required to indicate: a) electricity consumption, expressed in megawatt hours, of the production process per tonne of goods produced; (b) actual emissions or default values made available and published by the Commission for the transitional period; (c) the corresponding emissions factor of the electricity consumed; (d) the amount of specific embedded indirect emissions