Taxation and Customs Union

The European Commission has launched a call for tenders for services to establish and manage the CCP for the sale and repurchase of CBAM certificates.

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism successfully entered into force on 1 January 2026, following a coordinated deployment across all EU Member States.

Council Regulation 2025/2614 (quotas) and Council Regulation 2025/2605 (suspensions) were published in EU Official Journal respectively on the 22nd and 30th of December 2025.

Customs authorities are on the front line. Customs handle the huge and ever-increasing number of goods bought online and imported directly to consumers into the EU.