https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates Changes to the EU CBAM rules, read in the official texts, with sources. en Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2026-10-05:CBAM certificate price for Q3 2026: €82.32Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe Commission published the CBAM certificate price for Q3 2026, the quarter's average EU ETS auction price: €82.32 per tonne of CO2e. Certificates for 2026 imports are priced at the price of their quarter. The calculators on this site use the latest price as their default. Source: European Commission, price of CBAM certificates, https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/price-cbam-certificates_en https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2026-09-15:European Parliament adopts its position on extending CBAM to downstream goodsTue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTProposal, not law. The Parliament's position adds its own amendments to the Commission's list of downstream goods to be covered from 2028. It is a position for negotiation with the Council, not law. Source: European Parliament, P10_TA(2026)0276, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-10-2026-0276_EN.html https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2026-07-23:Cross-sectoral correction factor set at 100% for 2026 to 2030Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMTImplementing Decision (EU) 2026/1862 sets the uniform cross-sectoral correction factor at 100% for each year from 2026 to 2030. Our cost estimates already take it as 1, so no figure changes. Source: Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1862, Article 1, https://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2026/1862/oj https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2026-07-20:EU default values correctedMon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMTImplementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1740 corrects Annexes I and IV of the default values regulation 2025/2621. The Commission published the corrected default values file on 6 August 2026; every default value and cost on this site uses the corrected figures. Source: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1740, https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1740/oj https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2026-07-06:CBAM certificate price for Q2 2026: €75.28Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe Commission published the CBAM certificate price for Q2 2026, the quarter's average EU ETS auction price: €75.28 per tonne of CO2e. Certificates for 2026 imports are priced at the price of their quarter. The calculators on this site use the latest price as their default. Source: European Commission, price of CBAM certificates, https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/price-cbam-certificates_en https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2026-06-12:Council agrees its general approach on extending CBAM to downstream goodsFri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTProposal, not law. The Council's general approach on the Commission's 2028 extension proposal lists more downstream codes than the Commission's proposal. It is a position for negotiation with the Parliament, not law. Source: Council of the EU, ST 10423/26, https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10423-2026-INIT/en/pdf https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2026-04-07:CBAM certificate price for Q1 2026: €75.36Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe Commission published the CBAM certificate price for Q1 2026, the quarter's average EU ETS auction price: €75.36 per tonne of CO2e. Certificates for 2026 imports are priced at the price of their quarter. The calculators on this site use the latest price as their default. Source: European Commission, price of CBAM certificates, https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/price-cbam-certificates_en https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2025-12-17:Commission proposes extending CBAM to downstream goods from 2028Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMTProposal, not law. The proposal amends Regulation (EU) 2023/956 to extend its scope to downstream goods and to add anti-circumvention measures. A proposal, not law. Source: Commission proposal COM(2025) 989, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0989 https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2025-12-16:Default values and benchmarks for the definitive period adoptedTue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMTImplementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 sets the default values per country and product, with their mark-ups. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2620 sets how the number of certificates to surrender is reduced for free allocation in the EU, with the benchmarks. Source: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621, https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2621/oj https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2025-12-10:Rules for calculating and verifying embedded emissions adoptedWed, 10 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMTImplementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2547 sets the methods for calculating emissions embedded in goods, and 2025/2546 the principles for verifying them. 2025/2549 amends the rules on the status of authorised CBAM declarant. Source: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2547, https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2547/oj https://cbam.vedacta.com/cbam-updates2025-10-08:CBAM simplified: importers of up to 50 tonnes a year exemptWed, 08 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMTRegulation (EU) 2025/2083 amends the CBAM Regulation. An EU importer that brings in no more than 50 tonnes of CBAM goods a year in total pays no CBAM (electricity and hydrogen aside). Source: Regulation (EU) 2025/2083, https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/2083/oj