Responsible buyer
Operations, finance, compliance, and program owners accountable for Done-for-You EU Carbon Border Declaration.
Review desk · source atlas
CBAM Declarant Desk
Build a source-linked operating pack for Done-for-You EU Carbon Border Declaration.
The first published certificate price was €75.36/tCO 2 e for Q1 2026 ( Verified ).
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Who this is for
A precise operating owner, not a generic audience.
Cost of the gap
On 1 January 2026 the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism entered its definitive regime : importers of iron & steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen and electricity no longer just file quarterly reports — they must hold authorised CBAM declarant status, submit one annual CBAM declaration (first due 30 September 2027 for 2026 imports), and buy and surrender CBAM certificates for every tonne of embedded CO 2 ( Verified , EC + DEHSt + Reg (EU) 2023/956).
Outcome
Acceptance criteria Declaration filed/ready before deadline (zero late filings); embedded-emissions figures reconciled to verified supplier data or correctly applied defaults; verified-actual coverage maximized for the highest-impact suppliers; certificate quantity reconciled to the declaration; an audit packet producible within 48 hours per declarant.
Decision rule
Proceed only when the source record, service boundary, responsible reviewer, and release criteria can be named before work begins.
Method
The work moves through visible states.
- Scope12 AI-vs-human operations pipeline AI Ingest customs/import data & supplier roster; reconcile tonnage to CN codes.
- CollectAI Identify installations; draft & send multilingual supplier data requests; chase.
- NormalizeAI Extract emissions/activity data from returns; map goods to routes & precursors.
- ValidateRules Apply EU defaults & mark-ups, embedded-emissions math, 50% holding & price logic.
- ResolveOperator Clear exception queue: unmatched installations, low-confidence extractions, missing fields.
- ReviewCarbon specialist Approve methodology, boundaries, default-vs-actual; coordinate accredited verifier; sign off.
- ReleaseRules Pre-file completeness, reconciliation & certificate-quantity checks; lock package.
Engagement
Buy the reviewed outcome, with boundaries written down.
15 Pricing, pricing legality & unit economics Model Primary: an annual per-declaration managed program fee , tiered by number of CN-code sectors, installations, and supplier count, billed per compliance cycle and inclusive of quarterly certificate-holding forecasts. Per-unit: a per-supplier-installation data-collection fee for onboarding each new installation to verified-actual data. Optional: a default-avoidance savings share on verified, realized certificate-cost reductions.
Release package
- 10 The outcome we sell Deliverable For each compliance year: (1) a complete annual CBAM declaration assembled and submitted in the CBAM Registry by 30 September (or prepared for the importer's/representative's submission), with embedded emissions per CN code and installation; (2) a run supplier-data campaign
- installation identification, multilingual requests, follow-up, extraction, completeness scoring; (3) a documented default-vs-actual optimization driving verified actual data wherever it lowers the certificate bill, with the accredited-verifier engagement coordinated; (4) quarterly certificate-holding forecasts (the 50% rule from 2027) and a maintained, audit-defensible workpaper file.
- Acceptance criteria Declaration filed/ready before deadline (zero late filings); embedded-emissions figures reconciled to verified supplier data or correctly applied defaults; verified-actual coverage maximized for the highest-impact suppliers; certificate quantity reconciled to the declaration; an audit packet producible within 48 hours per declarant.
- Customer promise “Your CBAM declaration is filed on time, your suppliers' real data is in it wherever it saves you money, and you will not face the competent authority with a spreadsheet.” Exclusions / refund-rework We are not the accredited verifier and do not issue the statutory verification opinion; we do not provide legal/tax advice.
Proof standard
Operating evidence: No verified cycle-time result is published yet. The first result will be calculated from accepted intake through qualified-human release.
Client evidence: No client identity or case narrative is published. A reference may appear only after written permission and factual review.
Volume evidence: No completed-client count is claimed. Counts will be published only after the delivery ledger and provider records reconcile.
Evidence room
Authority comes from traceable sources, not decorative claims.
- European Commission, Taxation & Customs Union — CBAM successfully entered into force on 1 January 2026 (12,000+ applications; 4,100+ declarants; iron & steel shSource identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- European Commission — CBAM Questions and Answers (annual declaration & certificate surrender; 30 Sep 2027)Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- Regulation (EU) 2025/2083 — CBAM Omnibus simplification (50-tonne de minimis; harmonized Art. 26 penalties)Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- Regulation (EU) 2023/956 — establishing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (base regulation; Art. 4, 6, 22, 26)Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- DEHSt (German Emissions Trading Authority) — CBAM Definitive Regime from 2026 (annual declaration; authorised declarant)Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- DEHSt — CBAM Certificates (Feb 2027 sales; 50% quarterly holding rule)Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- DEHSt — CBAM Sanctioning (€100/t; 3–5× for unauthorised; transitional €10–50/t)Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- CBAM Guide — Penalties 2026 (€100/t Art. 26(1); €300–500/t Art. 26(2); additive to surrender)Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
Service boundary
Automation prepares. A qualified human releases.
CBAM Declarant Desk is an operational documentation and processing service operated by Your Deputy, Obuke LLC. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal, tax, medical, financial, or other licensed professional advice. Consumer and personal debt matters are not accepted. The client retains its licensed professionals and decision authority. Automation may organize and check records, but a qualified human must review and release every client deliverable.
- Unsupported facts remain unresolved, never inferred into a client deliverable.
- Jurisdiction-specific or licensed questions are routed to the client's professional.
- Every correction retains the source, reviewer, version, and reason for change.
Questions
Know the limits before intake.
Is this legal or professional advice?
No. This is bounded operational documentation and processing support. Licensed judgment remains with the client and its professionals.
Does automation make the final decision?
No. It can organize records, run declared checks, and prepare an exception queue. A qualified human reviews and releases every deliverable.
Is a client portal or CRM already active?
This public site does not claim an active portal integration. Portal access is provisioned only after the relevant backend is configured and independently verified.
What happens when evidence conflicts?
The item is placed in an exception state with its sources and owner. It is not silently resolved or presented as verified.
Fit diagnostic
Send enough context to scope the next conversation—no sensitive files.
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