CBAM

CBAM cost exposure and compliance execution in EU–Serbia industrial supply chains Read More »

CBAM cost exposure and compliance execution in EU–Serbia industrial supply chains

For EU industrial groups with Serbian subsidiaries, CBAM cannot be managed as a peripheral customs compliance task. It requires a group-level execution architecture that clearly allocates responsibility, controls data quality at source, and shields the importing entity from avoidable carbon cost inflation. The core principle is simple: CBAM risk must be governed where emissions are generated, not where […]

CBAM impact on Serbian industrial exports – implications for EU importers and EU-owned local operations Read More »

CBAM impact on Serbian industrial exports – implications for EU importers and EU-owned local operations

The full financial application of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism from 2026 transforms Serbia’s role in European industrial supply chains. For EU industrial groups importing carbon-intensive products from Serbia, or producing inside Serbia through local subsidiaries and exporting back into the Union, CBAM is no longer a distant regulatory concept. It becomes a measurable, auditable, and recurring

Independent technical preparation as a capacity multiplier for EU CBAM verifiers Read More »

Independent technical preparation as a capacity multiplier for EU CBAM verifiers

Independent technical preparation supporting EU-accredited verifiers, EU importers, and non-EU exporters is increasingly becoming a structural enabler of CBAM delivery rather than a peripheral service. As verification volumes rise and the geographical footprint of CBAM installations expands beyond the EU, verifiers are confronting a practical constraint that accreditation alone does not solve: the absence of

Independent technical preparation for CBAM in energy and power-intensive industries Read More »

Independent technical preparation for CBAM in energy and power-intensive industries

Independent technical preparation supporting EU-accredited verifiers, EU importers, and non-EU exporters is becoming a defining enabler of CBAM compliance in the energy and power-intensive sectors. As CBAM progresses from transitional reporting into a regime with direct financial and customs consequences, electricity generation, grid-connected industry, and energy-intensive manufacturing are emerging as the areas where technical readiness

Independent technical preparation as a capacity multiplier for EU CBAM verifiers Read More »

Independent technical preparation as a capacity multiplier for EU CBAM verifiers

Independent technical preparation supporting EU-accredited verifiers, EU importers, and non-EU exporters is increasingly becoming a structural enabler of CBAM delivery rather than a peripheral service. As verification volumes rise and the geographical footprint of CBAM installations expands beyond the EU, verifiers are confronting a practical constraint that accreditation alone does not solve: the absence of

Gas under CBAM: Why Serbia’s transition fuel becomes a structural competitiveness risk Read More »

Gas under CBAM: Why Serbia’s transition fuel becomes a structural competitiveness risk

When the CBAM lens that has already reshaped thinking on green electricity is applied rigorously to natural gas, the conclusion is stark. Gas does not behave like a neutral transition fuel in a CBAM-constrained export economy. It behaves like a structural risk variable whose price volatility, emissions intensity, and perception by EU buyers increasingly determine

Wind as Serbia’s CBAM backbone: Why solar-heavy decarbonisation fails industrial buyers Read More »

Wind as Serbia’s CBAM backbone: Why solar-heavy decarbonisation fails industrial buyers

Serbia’s response to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is quietly drifting toward a solar-heavy narrative. This is understandable. Solar is modular, politically visible, quick to announce, and easy to frame in megawatts. But for CBAM-exposed industrial buyers, this approach is structurally flawed. It confuses installed capacity with delivered value and mistakes headline decarbonisation optics

Grid delays as a hidden CBAM tax: How 18 months can quietly wipe out Serbia’s export margins Read More »

Grid delays as a hidden CBAM tax: How 18 months can quietly wipe out Serbia’s export margins

In Serbia’s debate on CBAM exposure, grid infrastructure is still treated as a background constraint—important, but secondary. That framing is dangerously wrong. For CBAM-exposed exporters, grid delays function as an unlegislated carbon tax, imposed not by Brussels but by physics, timing, and procurement logic. Unlike formal CBAM charges, this tax does not appear on invoices.

CBAM and the unintended collision between Europe’s climate policy and its renewable-industrial base Read More »

CBAM and the unintended collision between Europe’s climate policy and its renewable-industrial base

The entry into force of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on January 1 is not occurring in isolation. Its effects extend well beyond traditional heavy industry and are beginning to intersect with the European Union’s renewable energy, battery and broader clean-technology value chains in ways that were insufficiently anticipated during the design phase of the

Carbon is the new currency: How trading schemes and green certificates will decide Serbia’s industrial winners in the EU market era Read More »

Carbon is the new currency: How trading schemes and green certificates will decide Serbia’s industrial winners in the EU market era

Carbon trading and green certificates are becoming the next decisive cost and competitiveness variables for South-East European energy systems and Serbia’s industrial base, sitting alongside CBAM, electricity pricing and decarbonisation CAPEX as core elements of the new regional market architecture. What was once a technical policy theme has now become a financial reality. Carbon prices,

Scroll to Top