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EA publishes CBAM cross-border accreditation cooperation guidance

European co-operation for Accreditation says it published EA-6/05 INF on 5 October 2026. The document explains cooperation between EEA national accreditation bodies and national accreditation bodies in third countries concerning accreditation of verifiers established in third countries. This is informative procedural guidance, not evidence that a particular verifier has been accredited.

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What changed

  • EA's announcement is dated 6 October, but identifies 5 October 2026 as the document's publication date; the PDF edition also bears 5 October. This briefing is an older-document backfill, not a claim that the guidance was first published on 22 October.
  • EA classifies EA-6/05 INF as a 'Members' Procedural document with Informative status'. It concerns cooperation between national accreditation bodies for the accreditation of third-country verifiers.
  • The guidance does not identify a newly accredited verifier or establish that a national body is already accepting applications. Use the separate Commission state-of-play briefing for dated readiness indicators and confirm any individual verifier's status with its accreditation body.
  • The document's EEA terminology does not establish that the separately tracked EEA incorporation and entry-into-force conditions have been cleared. No change to current CBAM obligations or calculator assumptions is inferred.

Who may be affected

Prospective CBAM verifiers established outside the EEA, national accreditation bodies and importers checking the distinction between accreditation cooperation, application readiness and an individual verifier's accredited scope.

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