This is not yet confirmed in EU law<\/strong>, but both the Erhvervsstyrelsen<\/span><\/strong><\/a> in Denmark <\/strong>and the <\/strong><\/span><\/a>DEHSt i<\/a>n Germany<\/span> <\/strong>are preparing businesses for such a transition period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, neither the EU\u2019s omnibus proposals nor provisions we\u2019ve seen<\/strong> explicitly address extending the authorization application deadline<\/strong> to March 31, 2025 or allowing imports while waiting. That appears to be national-level guidance<\/strong>, reflecting local implementation during the legislative transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If this extension is confirmed in the final Omnibus text (expected September 2025<\/strong>), it buys importers three extra months to get their applications in order. Miss the 31 March 2026 deadline, and you risk immediate disruption: imports will stop at the border.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It also means that authorization becomes the single most important compliance step in early 2026<\/strong>. Benchmarks, default values, and the ETS price for 2026 are still pending, but none of that matters if your company isn\u2019t even authorized to import.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A March 31, 2026 “safe harbor” appears to be de facto<\/strong> in Germany and Denmark but not (yet<\/strong>) an Omnibus headline<\/strong>. The EU simplification brings broad relief, yet authorization timing remains a national implementation detail<\/strong>, at least until explicit confirmation appears in the final Omnibus text expected around September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do not underestimate the timeline. Authorities have up to 120 days<\/strong> to review your file. Starting now might already be too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Can your business survive being completely cut off from its suppliers? If you are not already deep in the authorization process, you are critically behind. For immediate help, you should review our core CBAM services<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo by Timelab<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National authorities in Denmark and Germany are signalling that importers may have until 31 March 2026 to apply for authorization as CBAM importers. From 1 January 2026, CBAM formally applies. But if the Omnibus simplification package is adopted as expected this autumn, companies that submit their application before 31 March could continue importing while approval […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7691"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7703,"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691\/revisions\/7703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbam-abx.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why this matters<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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