“The risk is that the market is decided by tolerance to regulatory risk, rather than by emission efficiency.”

EURANIMI is sounding the alarm on the implementation of the hashtag#CBAM: emissions checks at non-EU plants will only be able to start from January 2027, compressing global certifications into a window of 8-9 months. According to the association, the capacity of accredited verifiers may not be sufficient, with a possible widespread use of default values (often higher than real emissions) and a direct impact on contracts and pricing for 2026-2027 supplies.

This is why EURANIMI is asking the European Commission to extend the deadline for declarations based on verified emissions to 31 December 2027, writes SteelOrbis.

Steel Orbis
Italian
23 February 2026