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Verification ROI Calculator

Enter your sector, volume, the verifier fee you have been quoted and your installation's actual SEE, and see the payback period and the 9-year net figure those inputs give.

First declaration
30 Sep 2027
Default mark-up
+10% in 2026 (fertilisers +1%)

Your scenario

Q3 2026, last figure held on this site: €82.32

EU default: 3.9960 (charged at 4.3956 in 2026, incl. the 10% Annex I mark-up) · CBAM benchmark (Column B): 1.3640 · SEFA threshold 2026: 1.3299

Enter the verifier fee you have been quoted and your installation's actual SEE to see the payback. This tool assumes neither.

What moves the result

Export volume

The saving scales with volume; the verifier fee does not.

Gap between actual and default

From 2026 a default value carries a mark-up; a verified actual value does not.

EUA price trajectory

The price field starts at the latest official price of CBAM certificates the register holds (Q3 2026: €82.32) and you can enter your own level. The saving per tonne of gap scales with it — a higher price makes verification pay back sooner. No forecast is made here.

Data sources & methodology
Default emission valuesIR 2025/2621 Annex I (as replaced by IR 2026/1740) — incl. mark-up: +10% in 2026 for cement, iron and steel, aluminium and hydrogen; +1% for fertilisers
SEFA thresholdIR 2025/2620 Annex point 4 Eq. 6 — the default CBAM benchmark (point 5, Column B) × the CBAM factor of the year; the cross-sectoral correction factor is 100 % for 2026-2030 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1862); later years are not set yet and are taken as 100 %
Certificate formulaReg (EU) 2023/956 Art.22 + Art.31
CBAM factor (free allocation still granted)ETS Directive 2003/87/EC Art.10a(1a)
Verifier feethe quote you enter; this tool holds no fee data
Break-even SEEthe actual SEE at which the 9-year saving equals the verifier fee, solved on the year-by-year table

The verifier fee and the actual SEE are your own figures; this tool assumes neither. Verifiers are accredited under Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2023/956. Not legal or compliance advice.

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The platform

Know your CBAM cost before your buyer asks.

Calculate your actual emissions. Prove your numbers. Give your EU buyers the evidence they need. Free for 14 days first. Billed once a year; cancel whenever you like.

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