High-level summary
Core terms from CBAM covering emissions accounting, authorised declarants, carbon pricing, and the importer-facing compliance model for covered goods.
CBAM matters because it converts embedded-emissions data into a market-access and cost issue. For Minespider, that makes trustworthy emissions data, supplier coordination, and importer workflows operational rather than theoretical.
Who it affects
- Importers of CBAM-covered goods into the EU
- Sustainability teams producing embedded-emissions data
- Suppliers asked to support carbon accounting and verification
- Compliance and finance teams managing CBAM declarations and certificates
actual emissions
Emissions calculated from primary data for the production processes and electricity use associated with covered goods.
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Read termauthorised CBAM declarant
The actor recognized under CBAM as authorized to make the required declarations for covered imports.
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Read termcarbon price
A regulatory term referring to the monetary amount paid in a third country, under a carbon emissions reduction scheme, in the form of a tax.
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Read termCBAM certificate
A regulatory term referring to a certificate in electronic format corresponding to one tonne of CO2e of embedded emissions in goods.
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Read termcompetent authority
A regulatory term referring to the authority designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 11.
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Read termcontinental shelf
A regulatory term referring to a continental shelf as defined in Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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Read termcustoms authorities
A regulatory term referring to the customs administrations of Member States as defined in Article 5, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.
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Read termcustoms declarant
A regulatory term referring to a declarant as defined in Article 5, point (15).
CBAMUnion Customs Code
Read termcustoms territory of the Union
A regulatory term referring to the territory defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.
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Read termdefault value
A regulatory term referring to a value, which is calculated or drawn from secondary data, which represents the embedded emissions in goods.
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Read termdirect emissions
A regulatory term referring to emissions from the production processes of goods.
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Read termEconomic Operators Registration and Identification number (EORI number)
A regulatory term referring to the number assigned by the customs authority when the registration for customs purposes has been carried out in accordan.
CBAMUnion Customs Code
Read termRelated Minespider reading
EU Battery Regulation Timeline: Deadlines and Milestones
Relevant because importer obligations are one of the market-actor questions that appear in battery-regulation implementation.
Read on MinespiderOfficial source
Regulation (EU) 2023/956 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
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