Communicate import data to the Commission automatically, now including bills of discharge, re-export declarations and equivalent customs documentation, and the importer's identity where there is no EORI number.
Customs authorities of the Member States 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(15)(a), replacing Art. 25(2) 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 none, continuous. as of 2026-08-14
The rule
goods listed in Annex I, or processed products obtained from them, are declared for importation
Communicate import data to the Commission automatically, now including bills of discharge, re-export declarations and equivalent customs documentation, and the importer's identity where there is no EORI number.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Source text
‘2. The customs authorities shall periodically and automatically, in particular by means of the surveillance mechanism established pursuant to Article 56(5) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, communicate to the Commission specific information on the goods declared for importation. That information shall include the EORI number or the form of identification declared in accordance with Article 6(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, of the importer or of the authorised CBAM declarant as well as the CBAM account number of the authorised CBAM declarant, the eight-digit CN code of the goods, the quantity, the country of origin, the date of the customs declaration and the customs procedure, as well as any other data relevant for compliance with this Regulation, including, where applicable, bills of discharge, re-export declarations and equivalent customs documentation. Where the importer has no EORI number, the customs authorities shall also communicate the name, address and, where available, contact information of the importer to the Commission.
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