The regulation on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), designed to prevent carbon leakage, does not currently allow goods to be suspended or withdrawn from its scope, a European Commission spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday 12 January, in connection with measures to prevent a rise in fertiliser prices affecting the incomes of EU farmers (see EUROPE B13781A4).
For this to be possible, the proposal (https://aeur.eu/f/k8h) of 17 December must be adopted by the EU Council and the...