CBAM: India working with the EU to secure recognition for accreditation body, verification agencies
Government helps exporters prepare for CBAM compliance and emissions verification requirements
- ✓Government helps exporters prepare for CBAM compliance and emissions verification requirements
- ✓At the same time, the Commerce Ministry is also working with exporters to create awareness on how they should get their embedded emissions verified.
- ✓The actual returns have to be filed by September of 2027, Jain told reporters here.
- ✓The government is also making preparations in case of the UK, which will implement CBAM from January 1, 2027.
India is working with the European Union to secure recognition for its national accreditation body, National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), and local verification agencies under the bloc’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) which has already entered the definitive phase for compliance, officials have said.
At the same time, the Commerce Ministry is also working with exporters to create awareness on how they should get their embedded emissions verified. “We have engaged with the EU side on how our national accreditation body can be accredited and also how our verifiers can be accredited.
Some verifiers from India have already filed applications also with the EU agencies, Commerce Additional Secretary Darpan Jain said in an interaction with the media on Tuesday. The actual returns have to be filed by September of 2027, Jain told reporters here.
The EU’s CBAM, which is being phased in, will require exporters of identified carbon-intensive products, including steel, aluminium and cement, to pay for the embedded carbon emissions in the form of a levy that will kick in from 2027.
Indian exporters, especially those in the MSME sector, have expressed concerns over the compliance burden and the additional costs associated with the mechanism. The carbon tax will be calculated by the EU using the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) price and adjusting for any carbon price already paid in the exporting country.
The government is also making preparations in case of the UK, which will implement CBAM from January 1, 2027. “Now, in that respect (of the UK), two developments have taken place. One, they have recognised our accreditation body.
So NABCB has been recognised. The certification which is given by NABCB will be recognised by the UK side. So that is on the verification side,” Jain said Second, the UK has also accepted the carbon payments which are made in India under the CCTS framework.
“So we domestically have a CCTS framework under which certain industries are covered. So, to the extent they make payments on embedded carbon, those would be offset against the payments which are to be made in UK,” Jain pointed out
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| Issuing Authority | The Hindu BusinessLine Economy |
|---|---|
| Topic Category | BUSINESS |
| Jurisdiction | All India / National |
| Publication Date | 15 September 2026 |