Transitional Registry and CBAM Declarant Portal
The CBAM Transitional Registry is a standardised and secure electronic database that contains common data elements for reporting during the transitional period and enables communication, verification and information exchange between the European Commission, competent authorities, customs authorities and declarants subject to a reporting obligation. The European Commission provides the CBAM Transitional Registry.
The CBAM Transitional Registry consists of several common IT components. These include the CBAM declarant portal, the CBAM portal for competent authorities and access management for CBAM users. Further information can be found on the European Commission’s CBAM site.
EU Commission’s CBAM website
Taxation and Customs Union: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
How can I get access to the CBAM Declarant Portal?
In Germany, access is managed through the customs portal. A detailed description of how to access the CBAM portal for entrepreneurs can be found on the help pages of the customs portal.
German customs portal (available in German only)
Using the CBAM declarant portal
The CBAM transitional registry user manual describes the use of the CBAM portal in detail. It provides instructions on how to create, edit and submit reports. It also describes how you can prepare the data as an XML structure in order to import it into the CBAM portal. A report is then automatically created from the data. You can download an example in zip format and the XSD structure. The XLS file can be used to help you fill in the CBAM quarterly reports using XML files. The XLS file specifies which fields are optional or mandatory and contains the predefined values that are permitted for certain boxes.
We try to keep the links up to date. However, as CBAM is still new, there are often changes on the European Commission's website that make the links out of date. In this case, we would be happy to hear from you.
User manual for the CBAM transitional registry
CBAM Declarant Portal: Application User Manual
"CBAM Quarterly Report structure" and "CBAM Quarterly Report sample file" by the EU Commission
CBAM Quarterly Report structure (zip format)
CBAM Quarterly Report structure (XLS format)