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Regulation (EU) 2023/9562021/0214(COD)COM(2021)564
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
- Stage
- In force, reached 16 May 2023
- In force
- In force since 17 May 2023 · CELEX 32023R0956
- Procedure
- Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Mohammed Chahim (S&D)
- Last activity
- 19 Jul 2026
44 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026
Where it stands
Latest: Implementing act adopted: Carbon border adjustment mechanism - default values (correcting act), 19 Jul 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 26 dates, 1 Apr 2020 to 8 May 2023
- 1 Apr 2020
- Inception impact assessment closed: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, 224 responses · Commission
- 28 Oct 2020
- Public consultation closed: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, 618 responses · Commission
- 15 Jul 2021
- Adoption by Commission
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Sept 2021
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
- 10 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 11 Nov 2021
- Plenary sitting
- 18 Nov 2021
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, 194 responses · Commission
- 22 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 1 Dec 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 16 Dec 2021
- Plenary sitting
- 12 Mar 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 15 Mar 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 6 Jun 2022
- Plenary sitting
- 7 Jun 2022
- Debate in plenary
- 8 Jun 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- 22 Jun 2022
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
- 3 Oct 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 2 Feb 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 2 Mar 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 17 Apr 2023
- Debate in plenary
- 18 Apr 2023
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
- 19 Apr 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Apr 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 21 Apr 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 25 Apr 2023
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
- 8 May 2023
- Plenary sitting
- 10 May 2023
- Signed
- 16 May 2023
- Published in the Official Journal
- 23 Jan 2024
- Commission plans delegated act under parent act
- 21 Aug 2025
- Commission plans implementing act under parent act
- Implementing act adopted: Adjustment of the obligation to surrender CBAM certificates to take account of ETS free allowances p
- 15 Dec 2025
- Implementing act adopted: Adjustment of the obligation to surrender CBAM certificates to take account of ETS free allowances p
- 8 Jul 2026
- Public feedback open: Sale and repurchase of CBAM certificates
- 16 Jul 2026
- Expert group meeting: Informal Expert Group on the carbon border adjustment mechan — Sale and repurchase of CBAM certificates
- 19 Jul 2026
- Implementing act adopted: Carbon border adjustment mechanism - default values (correcting act)
13 people
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Mohammed Chahim | S&D | NL | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Adam Jarubas | EPP | PL | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Catherine Griset | PfE | FR | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Hermann Tertsch | ECR | ES | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Malin Björk | The Left | SE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Manuela Ripa | Greens/EFA | DE | ENVI |
| Shadow rapporteur | Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ | Renew | RO | ENVI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Zbigniew Kuźmiuk | ECR | PL | AGRI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | José Manuel Fernandes | EPP | PT | BUDG |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Valérie Hayer | Renew | FR | BUDG |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Evin Incir | S&D | SE | DEVE |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Damien Carême | Greens/EFA | FR | ECON |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Izabela-Helena Kloc | ECR | PL | ITRE |
265 amendments
Amendments
Tabled between 31 May 2022 and 12 Apr 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- ENVI184
Covers 184 of the 265 amendments.
By author
- Hermann Tertsch · ECR19
- Catherine Griset18
- Ivan David18
- Paolo Borchia17
- Adam Jarubas · PPE15
- Mohammed Chahim8
- Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ8
- Tiemo Wölken2
- Manuela Ripa · Verts/ALE1
- Pascal Canfin1
- Roman Haider1
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 56 of the 265 amendments.
By article
- Article 30 – paragraph 26
- Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)6
- Recital 505
- Article 30 – paragraph 2 b (new)4
- Article 31 – paragraph 1 b (new)4
- Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point a4
- Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d4
- Recital 524
- Article 30 – paragraph 13
- Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)3
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point b3
- Recital 50 a (new)3
- Recital 52 a (new)3
- Annex I2
- Article 1 – paragraph 12
- Article 1 – paragraph 32
- Article 24 a (new)2
- Article 30 – paragraph 2 c (new)2
- Article 31 – paragraph 12
- Article 31 – paragraph 1 c (new)2
- Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)2
- Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point c2
- Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)2
- Recital 50 b (new)2
- Recital 51 a (new)2
- Recital 52 b (new)2
- Recital 552
- –2
- Annex III a (new)1
- Annex III – point 2 – introductory part1
Covers 84 of the 265 amendments.
19 acts
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 13 published, 4 planned, 2 adopted.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon border adjustment mechanism - default values (correcting act) | Implementing · Regulation | Adopted | Q4 2025 |
| Sale and repurchase of CBAM certificates | Delegated · Regulation | Planned | Q2 2026 |
| Carbon price paid in a third country under the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) | Implementing · Regulation | Planned | Q1 2026 |
| Rules on the adjustment of CBAM certificates to reflect the EU ETS free allocation | Implementing · Regulation | Planned | Q4 2026 |
| CBAM declarations | Implementing · Regulation | Planned | Q3 2026 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q4 2025 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2548 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2549 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2550 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q4 2025 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2547 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q4 2025 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2546 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q4 2025 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2619 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q4 2025 |
| Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2551 | Delegated · Regulation | Published | Q4 2025 |
| Adjustment of the obligation to surrender CBAM certificates to take account of ETS free allowances phase-out | Implementing · Regulation | Adopted | Q4 2025 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2210 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/486 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q1 2025 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3210 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q3 2024 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2649 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773 | Implementing · Regulation | Published |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
19 documents
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A9-0160/2022Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2021)0564Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2025)0735Parliament
- Text adopted · OJ L 130 16.05.2023, p. 0052Commission
- Report · PE697.670Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE699.239Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE700.589Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE702.961Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE703.112Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE704.681Parliament
- Amendments · PE704.821Parliament
- Amendments · PE719.615Parliament
- Amendments · PE719.616Parliament
- Amendments · PE719.625Parliament
- Agenda · PE742.452Parliament
- Text adopted · Regulation 2023/0956Commission
- Text adopted · SP(2023)260Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0100/2023Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0248/2022Parliament
1 consultation
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.
| Consultation | Feedback deadline | Feedback received |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2021 | 1,036 |
Summary
GeneratedThe EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) applies carbon pricing to imports of goods listed in Annex I, requiring importers to surrender CBAM certificates covering embedded emissions. The regime phases in from 1 January 2026, with first declarations due by 30 September 2027. A de minimis exemption applies below a mass-based threshold. In force, amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2083.
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