The webinar aimed to help businesses understand the broader policy context of CBAM as well as the practical steps to prepare for the first compliance deadline of 30 September 2027. By this date, the first CBAM declaration must be submitted and the corresponding CBAM certificates surrendered.
The webinar started with a panel discussion emphasising that CBAM is designed to deter carbon leakage and ensure fair competition in Europe.
Following an overview of CBAM and its simplifications, the webinar covered the framework’s upcoming extension to downstream products and its key implementation tools and milestones.
New guidance for verifiers and National Accreditation Bodies (NABs)
To support accredited verifiers in producing verification reports, the Commission recently published guidance for CBAM verifiers and NABs
Webinar highlights
- Introduction to CBAM:
- Strategic objectives & purpose of CBAM
- Omnibus simplifications
- Overview of definitive system (in effect since 1 January 2026)
- Common EU framework under which CBAM operates
- CBAM downstream extension:
- Actors in the CBAM compliance chain
- Monitoring methodologies
- Implementation requirements
- Implementation milestones:
- Preparation checklist
- The CBAM declaration and certificates process
- The CBAM Registry
- Actual vs. default values
- The CBAM emissions calculation
“The biggest change since 1 January 2026 is that CBAM moved from reporting emissions during the transitional period to attaching a financial consequence to those emissions.”
Vicente Hurtado Roa (Head of Unit for CBAM, Energy and Green Taxation)
Resources
You can access the recording and supporting documents below:
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