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EUA Price Tracker

The carbon price that drives every CBAM certificate cost — published quarterly by the EU Commission.

Current official EUA price

€75.36/tCO₂e

Q1 2026 official average

Source: EU Commission published quarterly average (EEX-derived)

What this price means

  • ✓This is the cost per tonne of CO₂ equivalent that EU importers pay for CBAM certificates.
  • ✓It is reset every quarter using the official EU Commission methodology based on EEX EUA auction settlement prices.
  • ✓Multiply this price by your certificates owed: ceil(volume × max(0, SEE − SEFA)), where SEFA = benchmark × free allocation remaining for the relevant year.

Why this tracker shows the official price, not a live market ticker

CBAM certificates are not sold at the live EU ETS spot price. They are sold by national registries at the official quarterly average, calculated by the EU Commission from all EEX auction sessions in the previous quarter. That single number — currently €75.36 for Q1 2026 — determines what every importer actually pays.

Spot prices on EEX move every day, sometimes by several euros in a session. None of that volatility reaches your CBAM bill until the quarter closes and the Commission publishes the next official average. From 2027 the averaging period switches from quarterly to weekly, which will track the market more closely — but importers still cannot buy certificates at the spot price.

For that reason, this tracker focuses on the number that determines your cost: the official EU Commission price. The next official price, the Q2 2026 average, is published in July 2026.

Official CBAM certificate prices — 2026 publication schedule

PeriodPricePublication
Q1 2026€75.36
Published 7 April 2026
EU Commission / EEX official
Q2 2026To be published
Scheduled 6 July 2026
EU Commission quarterly average
Q3 2026To be published
Scheduled 5 October 2026
EU Commission quarterly average
Q4 2026To be published
Scheduled 4 January 2027
EU Commission quarterly average

Q1 2026 is the only published official CBAM certificate price. Q2, Q3 and Q4 2026 prices will be calculated by the EU Commission as quarterly averages of EU ETS auction clearing prices and published on the dates above. From 2027 the averaging period switches from quarterly to weekly. Source: EU Commission, confirmed publication schedule.

Estimate your CBAM cost using this price

Use the sector calculator to apply this price to your own embedded emissions and the phase-in factor for each year — or browse country profiles for default-value benchmarks across 15 major exporting countries.

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