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Requirement · DECL-04

Identify in the authorisation application, by EORI or national identification number, every person on whose behalf the applicant acts.

Applicants for authorised CBAM declarant status acting on behalf of others 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(4), replacing point (h) of Art. 5(5) 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 no industry: it applies across the economy rather than to one of them. as of 2026-08-14
  • Compliance is checked by competent authority, one-off. as of 2026-08-14
Addressee Applicants for authorised CBAM declarant status acting on behalf of othersAct COM(2025) 989 final, 2025/0419 (COD)Article Art. 1(4), replacing point (h) of Art. 5(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/956Class Businesses

The rule

New — no predecessor
Trigger

application for authorisation as a CBAM declarant on behalf of other persons

Obligation

Identify in the authorisation application, by EORI or national identification number, every person on whose behalf the applicant acts.

Who is affected

Addressee
Applicants for authorised CBAM declarant status acting on behalf of others
Class
Businesses
Sectors
No sector named — applies by size or activity
Applies
from entry into force (third day after publication), Art. 2

Burden drivers

D1 · D3 — 2 of 7 marks fire on this provision.

Source text

Verbatim

‘(h) EORI number or other national identification number, names and contact information of the persons on behalf of whom the applicant is acting, if applicable.

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