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Combating climate change is the order of the day currently. Whether it is installing solar panels or reducing your own carbon footprint. One of the EU’s goals is to be climate neutral in 2050. This means that a number of steps have to be taken to realize this goal. One of those steps is to limit carbon emissions. Steps already have been taken regarding production in the EU.

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In order to prevent production from taking place outside the EU and thereby causing ‘carbon leakage’, the EU is introducing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. This mechanism is being introduced in several phases within each member state of the EU. From October 2023, the reporting obligation for importers of certain types of goods will be introduced. Ultimately, in 2026, companies will pay for carbon emissions in (certain) third countries. 

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Developments in the field of CBAM: stricter calculation requirements

The European CBAM legislation seems to be well established and many companies submit their CBAM reports. Initially, emissions were mostly based on the default values published by the European Commission. However, from the third quarter of 2024 stricter requirements apply on emissions reports, with further obligations from 1 January 2025. In this article, we will discuss the most important current events and developments with regard to CBAM and what you can do if you have problems obtaining data.

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CBAM: The Transition Period

On October 1, 2023, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered into force. This mechanism aims to address the carbon leakage problem and will introduce a carbon tax on certain goods imported into the European Union from third countries.

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Relevant products and relevant commodities under the Deforestation Regulation

The Deforestation Regulation contains a list of relevant commodities and relevant products whereby the trade of which will be more strictly regulated to ensure that these products do not contribute to deforestation. This list is included in Annex I of the Regulation and is based on the current Combined Nomenclature (CN) as established in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2023/2364.

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