EU importers of steel, aluminium, cement or fertilisers

Which goods do you import into the EU?

Free CBAM check for EU importers of steel, aluminium, cement or fertilisers: the 50-tonne threshold, your declaration date and supplier data.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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ePlan fills in

  • Customs code (TARIC)
  • Yearly tonnage
  • 50-tonne test
  • Declaration date

How it works

CBAM threshold check, from one answer

  1. List the goods you import, their customs codes and tonnes a year.
  2. ePlan checks the 50-tonne threshold and what your declaration needs.
  3. Read the free check. Reporting a building's energy use too? Start an energy benchmarking report.

What you get

CBAM threshold check and 2 more documents

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Annual benchmarking submission in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager door.

The first draft

CBAM threshold check (free)

  1. Goods and customs codes
  2. Which goods count toward the 50-tonne threshold
  3. Your yearly tonnage
  4. Authorised CBAM declarant status
  5. Emissions data from each supplier
  6. Verification of actual emissions

Modeled on: Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2083; Commission CBAM guidance

Next · 2

Supplier emissions data request

  1. Installation and production route
  2. Embedded emissions per tonne
  3. Verifier details
Next · 3

Energy benchmarking report (paid draft)

  1. Building and floor area
  2. Energy use by fuel
  3. Score and comparison

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

50 tonnes

net mass a year, across iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers and cement, is the threshold below which an importer is exempt from CBAM
Source: Regulation (EU) 2025/2083, EUR-Lex

Ready for the paperwork?

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Questions

CBAM Check: what people ask

Who is exempt under the 50-tonne rule?

Importers whose imports of iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers and cement together stay under 50 tonnes net mass in a year. The threshold is a single cumulative figure per importer, not one per product.

Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

When is the CBAM declaration due?

By 30 September each year, covering the goods imported in the previous year. The first declaration covers 2026 and is due in 2027. It is filed through the CBAM registry.

Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

Can someone else file for me?

Yes. The authorised CBAM declarant can delegate submitting the declaration to another person, but stays responsible for it.

Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

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