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"Business for CBAM Coalition"

We are a coalition of businesses and associations committed to upholding the ambitions of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and consequently of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

17 Dec 2025 · Exchange of views on the revision of the CBAM Regulation

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM.

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM

Response to Adjustment of the obligation to surrender CBAM certificates to take account of ETS free allowances phase-out

25 Sept 2025

Please find attached the submission of the Business for CBAM Coalition. You can find more information on the Business for CBAM Coalition and its members on the website: https://www.businessforcbam.eu
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Response to Technical updates of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) State aid guidelines

4 Sept 2025

EU industries face double carbon costs under the EU ETSdirect emissions (partly offset by free allocation) and indirect costs via electricity prices. The voluntary, uneven ICC scheme works in an effective, simple and predictable manner in countries where it is applied. EU-wide, it creates competitive distortions, acts partly as a fossil subsidy, and complicates CBAM's design. Excluding indirect emissions from CBAM undermines climate integrity and EU competitiveness, since imports avoid full carbon pricing. The solution: reform ICC so it only compensates fossil-free electricity exposed to carbon costs, harmonise ICC across Member States, and include indirect emissions in CBAM by 2027 using plant-level data (not GoOs/RECs). This balances competitiveness, climate ambition, and fairnesswithout delaying CBAMs financial phase in 2026. Please read the Business for CBAM Coalition's position paper for more details.
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Response to Extension of the scope of the carbon border adjustment mechanism to downstream products and anti-circumvention measures

26 Aug 2025

See attached the positions of the Business for CBAM Coalition on anti-circumvention and downstream extension.
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