EU CBAM Verifier Accreditation: July 2026 Update

Status at 16 July 2026: Accreditation-provider availability and the acceptance of

applications are both changing quickly. Recheck the Commission verification page and the

state-of-play material immediately before publication or operational reliance.

A supplier sends you a spreadsheet of emissions figures. Under EU CBAM, that file on its own cannot support a declaration based on actual emissions.

The Commission's verification guidance is direct about why. A declaration based on actual emissions requires an independent verifier accredited by an EU national accreditation body, or NAB. The verifier's role is to provide reasonable assurance that the embedded-emissions calculation is correct.

That makes accreditation a practical dependency for producers, importers and verification firms preparing for definitive-period declarations. It also creates a timing problem. The legal framework is established, but the network of providers able to accept applications is still developing.

What an accredited verifier does

The non-EU installation operator remains responsible for monitoring and calculating emissions under the applicable CBAM methods. The accredited verifier then examines the monitoring approach, the calculations and the supporting evidence, and issues a verification report for the installation.

The operator transmits the verified data and the report through the CBAM Registry. You, as declarant, retrieve that information for your declaration. The Commission or the competent national authority may review the material, and the national authority may take enforcement action where appropriate.

That sequence matters for supplier onboarding. Do not treat an emissions spreadsheet as equivalent to verified installation data. The calculation, the evidence trail, the verifier's scope and the Registry transfer all have to work together.

Where a verification company applies

EU NABs are the bodies competent to grant CBAM accreditation. EEA NABs join them after the relevant EEA incorporation. A verification company established in the EU or the EEA will generally apply to its home NAB. If that NAB does not offer the service, another NAB may be available.

The route is different for a third-country verification company. Commission guidance says it may apply to any NAB offering the service. That is not the same as every NAB accepting such applications, and acceptance today does not guarantee the activity scope a company needs.

Before choosing a route, confirm the live NAB offer, applicant eligibility, the relevant activity scope and the current application process.

What the 10 July 2026 snapshot counted

The Commission's state-of-play table of 10 July 2026 was a capacity snapshot. It is not an accreditation certificate and not a permanent legal classification. At that date it reported:

• 24 NABs agreeing to provide CBAM accreditation
• 11 ready to accept applications
• seven agreeing to accredit third-country applicants
• four already accepting third-country applications

Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden were shown as accepting third-country applications at that date. Do not carry those four names forward as a fixed referral list. Provider readiness can change, and a general willingness to accept applications does not confirm accreditation for a particular verification activity.

The guidance also indicated that the first CBAM verifier accreditations were expected around September 2026. That expectation is time-sensitive. Refresh it before you repeat it or rely on it.

Build the verification route before the declaration depends on it

If you import using actual values, put four questions to each supplier. Which installation will report? Who owns the Monitoring Plan? How will the records be preserved? How will the verified data reach the Registry?

If you run a verification firm, identify the appropriate NAB and confirm the application route with it directly. If you operate a producing installation, retain the calculation files, the process evidence and the source records in a form a verifier can test.

The check to run this week

Run a live accreditation-path check instead of relying on a saved July table. Open the current Commission verifier page, confirm the NAB's current position, and document the date and the scope of the check. Then align supplier, verifier and Registry responsibilities before your declaration workflow depends on them.

Source note: This article explains the Commission verification page and the 10 July 2026 accreditation snapshot. It does not replace the governing CBAM legislation, an NAB decision or an accreditation certificate.

Source

Source publication: European Commission, “Verification of CBAM emissions”, and “State-of-play CBAM accreditation”, dated 10 July 2026.

Source status/class: Official Commission guidance and a dated operational capacity snapshot. They are subordinate to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2551 and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2025/2546 and 2025/2547.