The EC has launched a public consultation on the rules governing the sale of CBAM certificates

The draft document is open for comments until 6 August

The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on a new implementing act setting out detailed rules for the sale and redemption of Cross-Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) certificates. This is stated in a press release from the institution.

The delegated regulation will set out detailed procedures for the sale and redemption of CBAM allowances on the Common Central Platform (CCP).

It will also lay down the rules necessary to ensure the lifecycle of allowances across two systems: the CCP and the CBAM registry established by the European Commission, where allowances will be stored and transferred.

The implementing act will also lay down rules on the fees to be paid by authorised CBAM declarants when purchasing certificates on the Common Central Platform.

The draft implementing act is open for comments for four weeks. Interested parties are invited to submit comments during the public consultation period: from 9 July to 6 August 2026.

It should be noted that the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) has approved amendments to the legislative proposal to extend the scope of the CBAM beyond basic materials, incorporating a long list of processed products into the mechanism. The creation of a Temporary Decarbonisation Fund was also supported.

Furthermore, ENVI is proposing stricter measures to prevent circumvention of the mechanism. MEPs clarified that the ban on ‘minor modifications’ to goods should also cover minor processing. They tightened the rule so that it applies only to arrangements created solely to avoid the CBAM, rather than to ordinary business decisions aimed at reducing a company’s costs.