CBAM legislation
These are the EU acts we hold and check our calculations against. Each row gives the official title and opens the official text on EUR-Lex. Acts with a page of their own open that page first.
| Act | Official title | Dates | Official text |
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Regulation (EU) 2023/956 CELEX 32023R0956 | establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism A consolidated version (20 October 2025) is published on EUR-Lex; it has no legal effect. | Adopted 10 May 2023 Applies from 1 October 2023 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Regulation (EU) 2025/2083 CELEX 32025R2083 | amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism | Adopted 8 October 2025 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
| Act | Official title | Dates | Official text |
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Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2547 CELEX 32025R2547 Read our page → | laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards the methods for the calculation of emissions embedded in goods | Adopted 10 December 2025 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2620 CELEX 32025R2620 | laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the calculation of the free allocation adjustment to the number of CBAM certificates to be surrendered | Adopted 16 December 2025 Applies from 1 January 2026 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 CELEX 32025R2621 | laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards the establishment of default values | Adopted 16 December 2025 Applies from 1 January 2026 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1740 CELEX 32026R1740 | correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 as regards Annexes I and IV thereto | Adopted 20 July 2026 Applies from 1 January 2026 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2551 CELEX 32025R2551 | supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the conditions for granting accreditation to verifiers, for the control and oversight of accredited verifiers, for the withdrawal of accreditation and for mutual recognition and peer evaluation of accreditation bodies | Adopted 20 November 2025 Applies from 1 January 2026 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2619 CELEX 32025R2619 | laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the information communicated by customs authorities | Adopted 16 December 2025 Applies from 1 January 2026 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/486 CELEX 32025R0486 | laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the conditions and procedures related to the status of authorised CBAM declarant | Adopted 17 March 2025 Applies from 28 March 2025 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2549 CELEX 32025R2549 | amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/486 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the conditions and procedures related to the status of authorised CBAM declarant | Adopted 10 December 2025 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3210 CELEX 32024R3210 | laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the CBAM registry | Adopted 18 December 2024 Applies from 31 December 2024 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2550 CELEX 32025R2550 | amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3210 as regards the CBAM registry | Adopted 10 December 2025 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2210 CELEX 32025R2210 | laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards goods and processed products brought to the continental shelf or the exclusive economic zone of Member States | Adopted 31 October 2025 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773 CELEX 32023R1773 | 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 | Adopted 17 August 2023 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
| Act | Official title | Dates | Official text |
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Directive 2003/87/EC CELEX 32003L0087 | establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC A consolidated version (1 March 2024) is published on EUR-Lex; it has no legal effect. | Adopted 13 October 2003 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Directive (EU) 2023/959 CELEX 32023L0959 | amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading system | Adopted 10 May 2023 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1412 CELEX 32026R1412 | determining revised benchmark values for free allocation of emission allowances for the period from 2026 to 2030 pursuant to Article 10a(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council | Adopted 26 June 2026 | Read on EUR-Lex ↗Download the PDF ↗ |
The legal text is the one published in the Official Journal of the European Union, which the links above open on EUR-Lex. This page is a reading aid, not the legal text. Our held text was last checked against EUR-Lex on 18 September 2026.
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