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EU’s carbon border levy goes live, but expect its design to keep evolving

By Oscar Pandiello ( January 2, 2026, 10:39 GMT | Comment) -- The EU’s carbon border levy — the first of its kind in the world — went live on Jan. 1 after a series of additional clarifications in December. But those late rules on default values and certificates are only a prelude to deeper change for the instrument, including deferred payments and expansion of the regime from 2028.After a transitional period lasting more than two years, the EU’s policy for putting a price on carbon-intensive imports, the pioneering Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, or CBAM, went live on Jan. 1....

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