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CBAM News: Latest Regulatory Updates

Coverage of EU Commission guidance, ETS price movements, and compliance alerts for importers and exporters.

15 Aug 2026
Mid-quarter check: the Q3 CBAM certificate price is tracking six to eight euros above Q2

EUAs held €81-84 through mid-August 2026, tracking the Q3 CBAM certificate price about €6-8 above Q2's €75.28 on our est…

14 Aug 2026
Commission publishes ten guidance documents for the CBAM definitive period

The European Commission published ten CBAM guidance documents on August 14, 2026: four general guides and six sector gui…

14 Aug 2026
Korean steel faces USD 4 billion CBAM exposure and a narrow window to escape it

A report via Carbon Pulse puts Korean steel's CBAM exposure near USD 4 billion, with POSCO's estimated cost rising from…

14 Aug 2026
Quota cuts plus CBAM tighten the squeeze on Ukrainian steel as exemption appeals mount

GMK Center, citing Reuters, reported on August 14, 2026 that EU quota cuts and CBAM are squeezing Ukrainian steel as ind…

13 Aug 2026
Corrected CBAM default values Excel is out, and nearly every correction went down

DG TAXUD posted the corrected CBAM default values Excel on August 10, 2026. A steelnews.biz analysis finds all 46 genuin…

13 Aug 2026
US ambassador calls CBAM a tariff by a different name; Brussels says regulatory autonomy is non-negotiable

US envoy Andrew Puzder called CBAM a tariff by a different name on August 12, 2026. Brussels rejected the claim, calling…

11 Aug 2026
Salzgitter says CBAM is already lifting prices and cutting imports

Salzgitter's CEO credited CBAM for price support and lower imports in H1 2026, while Thyssenkrupp's raised guidance name…

7 Aug 2026
Australia opens the review that could produce its own CBAM

Australia's 2026-27 Safeguard Mechanism review opened on August 7, 2026 and weighs a staged border carbon adjustment, wi…

7 Aug 2026
CBAM certificate consultation closes with 93 submissions and a final-day surge

The CBAM certificate consultation closed on August 6, 2026 with 93 submissions after a final-day surge. Adoption of the…

6 Aug 2026
Malaysia puts its 2026 CBAM steel bill at USD 237 million, the first official ASEAN costing

MITI put Malaysia's 2026 CBAM compliance bill for steel at MYR 970.7 million, about USD 237 million, the first official…

5 Aug 2026
65 organizations tell Brussels the CBAM certificate rules need fixing as consultation closes

65 submissions on the draft CBAM certificate sale and repurchase rules, filed ahead of the August 6, 2026 deadline, ask…

5 Aug 2026
New Zealand eyes an Australia-aligned carbon border mechanism

Simon Watts says any New Zealand CBAM would be built with Australia, likely later in 2027, as Canberra's safeguard revie…

5 Aug 2026
Q3 CBAM certificate price is tracking well above Q2 as EUAs hold the EUR 79-86 band

EUA auctions cleared in a €79-86 band from late July to August 5, 2026, well above the €75.28 Q2 CBAM certificate price.…

31 Jul 2026
Commission quietly corrects CBAM default values: IR 2026/1740 applies retroactively from January 1, 2026

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1740 corrects the CBAM default values in Annexes I and IV retroactively from January 1…

31 Jul 2026
CBAM verifier countdown: registry registration opens September 1, first accreditations still pending

From September 1, 2026, prospective CBAM verifiers must register in the CBAM Registry to apply with their national compe…

31 Jul 2026
Spanish steelmakers: misclassifying pipes as steel structures adds about EUR 300 per tonne of CBAM liability

UNESID warns that declaring large-diameter welded pipes as steel structures adds about €300/t of CBAM liability, against…

30 Jul 2026
CBAM shows up in earnings: ArcelorMittal and Holcim credit the border levy for pricing power

ArcelorMittal and Holcim both credit CBAM for European pricing power in Q2 2026 results, while Egyptian HRC import offer…

30 Jul 2026
India-EU FTA contains a dedicated CBAM annexure with a work plan, senior official says

A senior Indian commerce official says the India-EU FTA has a dedicated CBAM annexure: EU flexibility flows to India, ve…

29 Jul 2026
EU-Western Balkans power trade fell 15% in Q2 as CBAM reshapes flows, Energy Community reports

The Energy Community's second quarterly CBAM report finds EU-Western Balkans power trade fell 15% in Q2 2026, with physi…

29 Jul 2026
Pascal Lamy calls for a Ukraine CBAM exemption tied to decarbonisation milestones

Pascal Lamy called for a Ukraine CBAM exemption tied to decarbonisation milestones in a Contexte interview on July 22, 2…

24 Jul 2026
EU blocks Russia's first WTO panel request on CBAM; establishment expected at the September 25 DSB meeting

The EU blocked Russia's first WTO panel request in DS639 on July 24, 2026. Establishment is now quasi-automatic at the n…

23 Jul 2026
Member states to vote in September on which foreign carbon prices count against CBAM bills

EU member states will vote in September 2026 on which foreign carbon prices count against CBAM bills, Carbon Pulse repor…

23 Jul 2026
Steel wants more CBAM, aluminium wants a pause, farmers want the brake back: industry battle lines before the September plenary

Steel, aluminium and fertilizer groups set out rival CBAM demands before the September plenary: wider scope, a pause for…

20 Jul 2026
India accelerates its CBAM response: CCTS steel targets in consultation, carbon trading by October, and CBAM on the EU ministerial agenda

India released draft CCTS steel targets for consultation, expects carbon trading by October 2026, and raised CBAM recogn…

17 Jul 2026
EU tables ETS Phase 5 revision that slows the CBAM phase-in: 15% free allocation returns in 2028, full phase-out pushed to 2038

The EU ETS revision COM(2026) 616, tabled July 17, 2026, would return 15% free allocation to CBAM sectors in 2028 and de…

16 Jul 2026
Commission opens the CBAM verifier pipeline: new verification page and 'Become a CBAM verifier' webinar ahead of first accreditations

DG TAXUD ran a 'Become a CBAM verifier' webinar on July 16, 2026 after launching a dedicated verification page. First ac…

13 Jul 2026
UK lays CBAM secondary legislation: SI 2026/809 fixes the rate formula and carbon price relief ahead of the January 2027 launch

SI 2026/809, made July 13, 2026, fixes how the UK CBAM rate is calculated and how carbon price relief works. The January…

13 Jul 2026
UK commission urges reciprocal UK-EU CBAM exemptions, warns of £800m bill for UK exporters by 2030

UK Trade and Business Commission urges reciprocal UK-EU CBAM exemptions during ETS linking, warning of up to £800m in EU…

10 Jul 2026
Russia requests WTO panel against EU CBAM: DS639 becomes the first panel-stage litigation over a border carbon adjustment

Russia requested a WTO panel in DS639 against EU CBAM on July 10, 2026, the first panel-stage case over a border carbon…

9 Jul 2026
How CBAM certificate buying will actually work: Commission consults on sale and repurchase rules for February 2027

Public feedback on the EU Commission's draft CBAM certificate sale and repurchase rules ahead of the August 6, 2026 dead…

6 Jul 2026
ENVI adopts CBAM review position: downstream expansion to 400+ CN codes, tougher anti-circumvention, emergency brake deleted

ENVI adopted its CBAM review position on July 6, 2026 by 56 votes to 11: downstream expansion to 400+ CN codes, tougher…

6 Jul 2026
Q2 2026 CBAM certificate price: €75.28/tCO₂e confirms price stability for importers

The Q2 2026 CBAM certificate price is €75.28/tCO₂e, published by the European Commission on July 6, 2026. It sits €0.08…

7 Apr 2026
Q1 2026 CBAM certificate price: EU Commission publishes first official quarterly average

The Q1 2026 CBAM certificate price is €75.36/tCO₂e — the first official quarterly average published by the European Comm…