An operator may limit what it hands the declarant to a summary of the registered information, and the declarant is entitled to rely on that summary to discharge its Article 8 verification obligation.
Operators of third-country installations and the authorised CBAM declarants they supply are given a right, 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(8)(d), replacing the second sentence of Art. 10(7) 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, annual. as of 2026-08-14
The rule
operator discloses registered information to an authorised CBAM declarant
An operator may limit what it hands the declarant to a summary of the registered information, and the declarant is entitled to rely on that summary to discharge its Article 8 verification obligation.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Source text
‘The operator may disclose to the authorised CBAM declarant only a summary of the information contained in paragraph 5, points (a), (b), (c) and (e). The authorised CBAM declarant shall be entitled to use that disclosed information in order to fulfil the obligation referred to in Article 8.
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