A third-country operator may have its installation registered in the CBAM registry not only to support actual-emissions verification but to establish the carbon price it has paid at home.
Operators of installations located in third countries 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)(a), replacing Art. 10(1) 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: applies from 1 January 2028 per 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, one-off. as of 2026-08-14
The rule
request by an operator of an installation located in a third country
A third-country operator may have its installation registered in the CBAM registry not only to support actual-emissions verification but to establish the carbon price it has paid at home.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Source text
‘1. To allow the verification of embedded emissions on the basis of actual emissions as well as the determination, where applicable, of the carbon price paid in a third country, the Commission shall, upon request by an operator of an installation located in a third country, register the information on that operator and on its installation in the CBAM registry referred to in Article 14.
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