CBAM timeline
CBAM timeline 2026-2027
Key dates of the definitive period and their legal basis. Sources accessed on 1 October 2026.
CBAM timeline
The next twelve months
EU and Turkish dates. The line shows where today is.
EUDefinitive period started
2023/956 Art. 36
TRTurkish ETS monitoring plans due
Turkish ETS pilot period
EUSale of CBAM certificates starts
2023/956 Art. 20(1)
TRVerified 2026 Turkish ETS emissions reports due
Turkish ETS pilot period
EUFirst annual declaration, for 2026 imports
2023/956 Art. 6(1), Art. 22(1)
| Date | What happens | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | Definitive period started. Financial obligation applies to goods imported from this date. | 2023/956 Art. 32, Art. 36 |
| Each calendar year | Threshold: 50 tonnes net mass per importer per year. Electricity and hydrogen excluded. | 2023/956 Art. 2a, Annex VII |
| Each calendar year | The reporting period is the calendar year. For goods imported in 2026 it is 2026. | 2025/2547 Art. 7(1) |
| 1 January 2027 | Updated CBAM benchmarks apply to imports (after review). | 2025/2620 recital 6 |
| 1 February 2027 | Sale of CBAM certificates on the common central platform starts. | 2023/956 Art. 20(1) |
| Each quarter end from 2027 | The declarant holds certificates for at least 50% of the embedded emissions of goods imported since the start of the year. | 2023/956 Art. 22(2) |
| 30 September 2027 | First annual CBAM declaration and certificate surrender, for 2026 imports. Then every 30 September. | 2023/956 Art. 6(1), Art. 22(1) |
| Each 31 October | Last day to request repurchase of excess certificates. | 2023/956 Art. 23 |
| By December 2027 | Default values and mark-ups are reviewed. | 2025/2621 Art. 2 |
| 4 years after the declaration year | Records are kept until the end of the fourth year after the declaration year. | 2023/956 Art. 7(6), Art. 9(3) |
Türkiye
Turkish ETS pilot dates
Türkiye's Emissions Trading System Regulation was published on 27 August 2026 in Official Gazette no. 33353. Dates announced for the pilot period are below. Follow the Climate Change Presidency for final dates.
- Monitoring plans due
- Verified 2026 emissions reports due
CBAM factor
Protected share of free allocation, by year
The certificate obligation is reduced by the free allocation adjustment calculated with this factor. As the factor falls, the paid share grows.
- 2026: 0.975
- 2027: 0.95
- 2028: 0.90
- 2029: 0.775
- 2030: 0.515
- 2031: 0.39
- 2032: 0.265
- 2033: 0.14
- 2034: 0
Source: Directive 2003/87/EC Art. 10a(1a); 2023/956 Art. 31. COM(2026) 616 proposes to change these factors; the proposal is not law.
Certificate price
Quarterly price for 2026
In 2026 the price of the quarter in which goods are imported applies. From 2027 a weekly price is published.
| Q1 2026 | €75.36 | 7 April 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | €75.28 | 6 July 2026 |
| Q3 2026 | Not yet published | Planned: 5 October 2026 |
Source: European Commission, Price of CBAM certificates; method in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2548.
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