Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2550 of 10 December 2025 amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3210 as regards the CBAM registry

‘1 The CBAM registry shall be a standardised and secure electronic database containing data elements of CBAM accounts, of CBAM declarations, of applications for the status of authorised CBAM declarant, of importers of the goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/956, of the registration of the persons delegated to act on behalf of and in the name of those persons, of the registration of operators, of the emission reports, of the registration of verifiers, of verification reports issued by verifiers and supporting documents issued by verifiers, of the independent person referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (the “independent person”), as well as of other importers for the purpose of circumvention monitoring as provided for in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2023/956, and providing access, case handling and confidentiality.

2 The CBAM registry shall enable communication, notification, registration, checks and information exchanges between the Commission, the competent authorities, customs authorities and authorised CBAM declarants, applicants, persons for whom the status of authorised CBAM declarants was revoked, persons delegated to act on behalf of and in the name of those persons, operators, verifiers and independent persons.’

‘2 The competent authority of the Member State of establishment of the authorised CBAM declarant, and of the importer exceeding the single mass-based threshold referred to in Article 2a of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (the “single-mass based threshold”), and the competent authority of the Member State of establishment of a person other than an authorised CBAM declarant introducing goods into the customs territory of the Union in the case referred to in Article 26, paragraphs 2 and 2a, of Regulation (EU) 2023/956, shall communicate the decisions on penalties to the Commission via the CBAM registry.’

‘3 Where a competent authority concludes that an importer exceeds the single mass-based threshold laid down in point 1 of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2023/956, the customs authorities shall be informed by means of the CRMS2 via the CBAM registry.’

‘1 The CBAM Operators Portal shall be the unique entry point to the CBAM registry for operators, verifiers, and independent persons. The portal shall be accessible from the internet.’

‘4 The operator, the verifier and the independent person shall use the EU Access central service operated by the Commission to request access to the CBAM registry.’

‘5 The independent person shall submit a request for registration in the CBAM registry to the competent authority of the Member State in which the national accreditation body is established. The independent person shall submit the request for registration within two months of the date on which the accreditation was granted, but not before 1 December 2026. The competent authority shall register the information on the independent person in the CBAM registry.

6 The request for registration referred to in paragraph 4 shall contain the following information: (a) the name and unique accreditation identification of the independent person; (b) any scope of accreditation relevant for CBAM; (c) the country of establishment of the independent person; (d) the effective date of certification and expiry date of certification; (e) any information on administrative measures imposed on the independent person relevant for CBAM; (f) a copy of the accreditation certificate relevant for CBAM.

7 The competent authority shall notify the independent person of the registration in the CBAM registry. The competent authority shall also notify, through the CBAM registry, the Commission and the other competent authorities of the registration.

8 The independent person shall notify the competent authority of any changes to the information referred to in paragraph 2 arising after the registration in the CBAM registry. The competent authority shall ensure that the CBAM registry is updated accordingly.

9 The competent authority shall deregister the independent person from the CBAM registry where that independent person is no longer qualified for a scope of activity relevant for CBAM or where the independent person has not complied with the obligation laid down in paragraph 8. The competent authority shall notify the Commission and the other competent authorities of the deregistration. The competent authority shall delete the information on that independent person from the CBAM registry provided that such information is not necessary for the review of CBAM declarations that have been submitted.’

‘5 The customs authorities shall use and have access to the CBAM registry to validate authorisations and to share additional customs data, where applicable.’

‘2a The CBAM European Commission Portal shall be interoperable with a separate section for the Commission to perform the tasks laid down in Articles 15 and 27 of Regulation (EU) 2023/956.

2b The Commission shall register and make available any relevant information and data to the competent authorities via the CBAM National Competent Authorities Portal in accordance with Article 11 of this Regulation where such information and data are deemed necessary for the competent authorities to perform their tasks under Regulation (EU) 2023/956.’

‘2 The operators, verifiers and independent persons, may access their personal data registered in the CBAM registry after their registration in the CBAM registry. In accordance with Articles 9, 10 and 10a of Regulation (EU) 2023/956, authorised CBAM declarants may access personal data registered by operators, verifiers and independent persons in the CBAM registry or otherwise process those data, where authorisation in that respect was granted by the operators in accordance with Article 10(7).’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 1, points (7), and (10), shall apply from 1 January 2026.