Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: conditions for granting accreditation to verifiers, for the control and oversight of accredited verifiers, for the withdrawal of accreditation and for mutual recognition and peer evaluation of accreditation bodies

The European Parliament decided not to raise any objections to the Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the conditions for granting accreditation to verifiers, for the control and oversight of accredited verifiers, for the withdrawal of accreditation and for mutual recognition and peer evaluation of accreditation bodies.

As a reminder, the Commission delegated regulation specifies:

- the conditions under which national accreditation bodies are to grant accreditation for carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) purposes on the basis of supporting documentation submitted by the applicant and the applicant’s capacity to apply the verification principles;

- the conditions for the control and oversight of accredited verifiers and, for this purpose, specifies the requirements and verification activities of verifiers, the applicable administrative measures, including the withdrawal of accreditation, as well as the exchange of information between national accreditation bodies, national competent authorities and the Commission;

- the conditions for the mutual recognition and peer evaluation of national accreditation bodies, including any necessary corrective actions by Member States.

Parliament pointed out that the provisions relating to the functioning of CBAM are to apply from 1 January 2026, after the end of the transitional period. Those provisions cannot work without the Commission delegated regulation being applicable from 1 January 2026.