Use a verifier accredited by a Member State national accreditation body, there being no route to recognition of a third-country accreditation body.
Authorised CBAM declarants and third-country operators procuring verification must comply, and it sits in an act that is partly law and partly a proposal.
Why it matters
The act this comes from is partly law in force and partly a proposal that can still change.
- It is Art. 1(1)(e), replacing Art. 2(12) of Regulation (EU) 2023/956, in the CBAM extension — downstream goods and anti-circumvention. as of 2026-08-14
- The act gives its timing as: from entry into force (third day after publication), Art. 2. as of 2026-08-14
- It names 4 industries by name: Steel, Aluminium, Cement and Chemicals. as of 2026-08-14
- Compliance is checked by accredited third party, if it happens. as of 2026-08-14
Prior rule vs new rule
Union concluding an agreement with a third country on carbon pricing
The prior Art. 2(12) allowed agreements 'with a view to taking into account carbon pricing mechanisms in such countries or territories for the purposes of the application of Article 9', and stopped there.
Union concludes an agreement with a third country covering mutual recognition of accreditation bodies
Use a verifier accredited by a Member State national accreditation body, there being no route to recognition of a third-country accreditation body.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Source text
The Union may conclude agreements with third countries or territories with a view to taking into account carbon pricing mechanisms in such countries or territories for the purposes of the application of Article 9 as well as the mutual recognition of third-country accreditation bodies for the accreditation of a legal person to be a verifier pursuant to Article 18.
View source →Settled later in secondary legislation. No such agreement exists. The provision is an enabling power, and until one is concluded nothing changes for a declarant.