New Rules to Verify Carbon Emissions of Imported Products
Published December 17, 2025
Goal: Prevent carbon leakage
The European Parliament approved the new rule that sets up how to verify the carbon emissions of imported goods, which will kick in on Jan. 1 2026 under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
The European Parliament says it has no objections to the Commission’s delegated regulation that was sent on 20 November 2025.
This regulation adds details to the existing Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) rule (Regulation (EU) 2023/956). It sets out:
- How national bodies can give accreditation to verifiers who will check the carbon emissions of imported goods.
- How those verifiers will be controlled and overseen.
- When and how accreditation can be withdrawn.
- How accreditation bodies across the EU can recognise each other and evaluate one another.
The CBAM aims to count the greenhouse‑gas emissions that are hidden in goods imported into the EU, to stop “carbon leakage” and to encourage lower emissions worldwide.
The new rules will take effect on 1 January 2026, after a transitional period.
No objections were raised during the scrutiny period that ended on 16 December 2025.
The Parliament will forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.
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