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18.06.2025
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Carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM): Council and Parliament strike a deal on its simplification 15:35 The C...
The Council presidency and European Parliament’s negotiators reached a provisional agreement today on one of the proposals of the so-called ‘Omnibus I’ legislative package: a regulation, which simplifies and strengthens the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).
The proposal seeks to provide simplification and cost-efficient compliance improvements to the CBAM regulation, without compromising its climate goals, as about 99% of embedded emissions in the imported CBAM goods would rema...
The Council presidency and European Parliament’s negotiators reached a provisional agreement today on one of the proposals of the so-called ‘Omnibus I’ legislative package: a regulation, which simplifies and strengthens the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). The proposal seeks to provide simplification and cost-efficient compliance improvements to the CBAM regulation, without compromising its climate goals, as about 99% of embedded emissions in the imported CBAM goods would remain covered. The overall aim is to reduce the regulatory and administrative burden, as well as compliance costs for EU companies, especially SMEs. Simplification is a top priority for the Polish presidency. Today’s provisional agreement with the Parliament is yet another step towards reducing administrative burden for our companies and further boosting EU competitiveness. Adam Szłapka, Minister for the European Union of Poland Main elements of the agreement The co-legislators retained the key components of the Commission proposal to simplify CBAM rules: a broader ‘de minimis’ exemption from CBAM obligations applicable to importers, which do not exceed a single mass-based threshold set at a level of 50 tonnes of imported goods per importer per year. This new threshold will replace the current and much narrower provisions of the CBAM regulation exempting goods of negligible value. The measure is expected, in most cases, to exempt from CBAM obligations SMEs and individuals, which import...
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