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Official Guidance & Legislation from the European Commission

Updated over a year ago

You can find all the CBAM information communicated from the EU on the:

On this site you will find the following documentation

Note, these files are updated regularly and therefore are not linked in this database. Please follow the Europa Website link above to obtain the latest information.

Where to report

  • CBAM Transitional Registry – Link for importers

    • This link will take you to the registry access portal.

  • Transitional CBAM Registry user manual for Declarants

    • This is a user manual with a guide to the CBAM registry fields.

  • IT Releases - Fixes in CBAM Transitional Registry

    • This documentation was provided due to the registry issued faced during the Q4 2023 declaration process. All of these issues are resolved.

  • CBAM Quarterly Report structure XSD and “stypes.xsd” (ZIP format)

    • This is a sample XML file containing the required fields for the declaration.

  • CBAM Quarterly Report sample file (zip format)

    • This is a sample XML in ZIP format.

  • CBAM Quarterly Report structure (XLS format)

    • This is a useful Excel sheet telling you which fields are mandatory and the associated rules of the declaration.

  • Provisional list of National Competent Authorities (NCAs) for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

    • This file contains information on the National Competent Authorities and their contact details.

  • CBAM Transitional Registry Privacy Statement

    • This file contains privacy information on the data in the registry.

Legislative Documents

  • CBAM regulation in the Official Journal of the EU

    • This is the official journal of the CBAM legislaton. Note, this does not wholly reflect the implemented regulation for the transitional phase.

  • CBAM Implementing Regulation for the transitional phase

    • This is the official implementing regulation for the transitional phase.

  • Annexes to the CBAM Implementing Regulation for the transitional phase

    • These are the official Annexes to the implementing regulation for the transitional phase.

Guidance

  • Guidance document on CBAM implementation for importers of goods into the EU

    • This is the guidance for importers of CBAM goods.

  • Guidance document on CBAM implementation for installation operators outside the EU

    • This is the guidance document for installations.

  • CBAM communication template for installations – Final Draft 07.11.2023​

    • This is the data communication sheet that installations should prepare for importers to use in their CBAM declarations.

  • Default values transitional period

    • This is a PDF for the default values.

  • Default values transitional period (Excel format)

    • This is an Excel version of the default values.

  • Questions and Answers: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

    • This is the FAQ, which you can also read here.

Webinars & Sector Guidance

Each CBAM sector has a webinar, info session and e-learning module that you can review.

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