Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): every version and what changed

Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (Text with EEA relevance)

CBAM · 32023R0956 · Environment · newest amendment in force 20 October 2025

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Regulation (EU) 2025/2083 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 October 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism (Text with EEA relevance)

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32023R0956 → 02023R0956-20251020

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Art. 2 Modified Scope
Art. 2a Inserted De minimis exemption
Art. 3 Modified Definitions
Art. 5 Modified Application for authorisation
Art. 6 Modified CBAM declaration
Art. 7 Modified Calculation of embedded emissions
Art. 8 Modified Verification of embedded emissions
Art. 9 Modified Carbon price paid in a third country
Art. 10 Modified Registration of operators and of installations in third countries
Art. 10a Inserted Registration of accredited verifiers
Art. 11 Modified Competent authorities
Art. 14 Modified CBAM registry
Art. 17 Modified Authorisation
Art. 18 Modified Accreditation of verifiers
Art. 19 Modified Review of CBAM declarations
Art. 20 Modified Sale of CBAM certificates
Art. 21 Modified Price of CBAM certificates
Art. 22 Modified Surrender of CBAM certificates
Art. 23 Modified Repurchase of CBAM certificates
Art. 24 Modified Cancellation of CBAM certificates
Art. 25 Modified Rules applicable to the importation of goods
Art. 25a Inserted Monitoring and enforcement of the single mass-based threshold
Art. 26 Modified Penalties
Art. 27 Modified Circumvention
Art. 28 Modified Exercise of the delegation
Art. 30 Modified Review and reporting by the Commission
Art. 36 Modified Entry into force
Annex I Modified List of goods and greenhouse gases
Annex II Modified List of goods for which only direct emissions are to be taken into account, pursuant to Article 7(1)
Annex IV Modified Methods for calculating embedded emissions for the purpose of Article 7
Annex V Modified Bookkeeping requirements for information used for the calculation of embedded emissions for the purpose of Article 7(5)
Annex VI Modified Verification principles and content of verification reports for the purpose of Article 8
Annex VII Inserted The single mass-based threshold

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20 October 2025 by Regulation (EU) 2025/2083

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2009-11-16 removed from Art. 2 · in force 2025-10-20
2010-11-12 removed from Art. 20 · in force 2025-10-20
2023-05-17 removed from Art. 28 · in force 2025-10-20
2023-10-17 added to Art. 20 · in force 2025-10-20
2024-09-23 added to Art. 20 · in force 2025-10-20
2025-10-20 added to Art. 28 · in force 2025-10-20
2026-01-01 added to Art. 17 · in force 2025-10-20
2026-03-31 added to Art. 17 · in force 2025-10-20
2027-01-01 added to Art. 36 · in force 2025-10-20
2027-02-01 added to Art. 20 · in force 2025-10-20
2027-02-01 added to Art. 36 · in force 2025-10-20
2027-11-01 added to Art. 24 · in force 2025-10-20