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You share your factory data — any format
Electricity bills, fuel invoices, production logs, photos of paper records, ERP exports. A named CBAM expert collects, structures and queries the gaps directly with you.
For EU importers · Brief
What “CarbonSettle-verified” means for your CBAM declaration.
A short briefing for Authorised Declarants and CBAM compliance teams importing Indian steel, aluminium, cement or fertiliser. It explains what artefacts you receive when your Indian supplier ships via CarbonSettle, how the verification chain works, and how it fits your existing CBAM submission workflow.
Indian exporter sharing this page? Forward this URL to your EU buyer's CBAM compliance team — it answers their questions in their language, on their terms.
On the declarant side
Six things in your inbox for every shipment.
Every CarbonSettle delivery is one bundle: the data your team needs to declare with confidence, plus a clear escalation path if anything is queried.
EU CBAM XML, declarant-ready
Compliant with the EU CBAM Registry format and current quarterly schema. Upload as-is; no re-keying.
Independent verification statement
Pre-verification by a top-3 EU-recognised CBAM verification body, attached with every report — the same names CBAM verifiers operate with.
Source-data audit trail
Electricity bills, fuel invoices, production logs and supplier emission data, organised and retained for the EU statutory audit period.
Precursor-chain documentation
Pig iron, alumina, ammonia and other upstream precursor emissions documented at supplier level, so the chain is traceable in your declaration.
Mid-cycle amendments in 48 hours
New shipment? Re-issue? Volume revision? Same SLA — a fresh pre-verified report inside two working days.
EU-desk contact for declarant queries
A named CarbonSettle contact replies within EU business hours, in English. Your team never waits on Indian time zones.
The verification chain
From an Indian factory to your CBAM submission, in four steps.
CarbonSettle owns the operational layer between the Indian factory and the EU-recognised verification body. By the time a report reaches your team, it is already pre-verified and declarant-ready.
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We compute verified actual emissions
Scope 1, Scope 2 and precursor inputs, calculated on India-specific grid and process factors. The number is yours — defensible, not a borrowed default.
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We facilitate pre-verification by a top-3 EU auditor
The same audit name your buyer's Authorised Declarant already trusts. The report ships from CarbonSettle with the verification already attached.
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Your EU buyer's declarant accepts actuals on day one
Inflated EU default values are replaced by your verified actuals — across every shipment, all year — for up to 40% lower CBAM tax on your buyer's side.
Why
Why this is the only path that protects your EU orders all year.
The annual EU verifier audits last year
By the time the formal EU verifier signs off, the year is already over. Mid-cycle shipments fall back on EU defaults — and that's where the 30–40% markup hits your buyer.
Pre-verification fixes the timing
We attach an independent EU-recognised verification before each shipment leaves — so your buyer's declarant accepts the actuals immediately, not next April. Verified all year, not retroactively.
Why this protects your submission
Three risks pre-verification removes from your file.
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Default-value exposure
Without verified actuals, the EU CBAM Registry applies default values calibrated near the worst 10% of EU producers. Pre-verified actuals replace those defaults — meaningfully lower CBAM certificate liability on your file, with documentation behind every number.
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Audit fragility
When the annual EU statutory verifier asks for source data, you have it on file already — electricity bills, fuel invoices, production logs, precursor supplier data — organised in the format the statutory verifier expects.
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Shipment-level inconsistency
Multiple shipments from the same Indian supplier use the same methodology and the same pre-verification body, so your CBAM file is internally consistent across the reporting year — fewer red flags during statutory audit.
For your CBAM team
Questions an Authorised Declarant typically asks
Is CarbonSettle the EU CBAM verifier itself?
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No. CarbonSettle is the operational layer between the Indian factory and the verifier. We collect and structure the factory data, calculate emissions on India-specific factors, and facilitate independent pre-verification by a top-3 EU-recognised CBAM verification body. Their verification statement is attached to every report we deliver to you.
Will our CBAM team need to do anything different in our submission?
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No. The report ships in standard EU CBAM XML so your team uploads or declares exactly as today. The substantive difference is that the embedded emission data is already independently verified at shipment time — so your declaration uses actuals, not EU default values, with documentation behind every number.
Is the pre-verification legally adequate as "verified" for the annual EU statutory verifier?
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The pre-verification provides independent assurance at the time each report is issued, conducted by an EU-recognised CBAM verification body. The annual EU statutory verifier still performs their year-end audit; the pre-verification dramatically shortens that audit because the source data chain and verification statement are already on file, in the format the statutory verifier expects.
What if we receive an EU enquiry on a shipment-level number?
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Forward it to your CarbonSettle EU-desk contact. Because the underlying data chain is retained and the pre-verification body is already engaged on the file, queries are typically resolved with documentation in 24–48 hours — far faster than reaching back to the Indian factory cold.
Our supplier hasn't switched yet — can we recommend CarbonSettle to them?
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Yes — that is exactly what this page is for. Share this URL with your Indian supplier's commercial or compliance team. We onboard new exporters in 2–3 working days; their next shipment to you can ship pre-verified.
CarbonSettle EU desk
Talk to us about your supplier's file.
EU-hours email reply, in English. Send us your supplier name and CBAM CN codes — we'll outline how their file looks under CarbonSettle and answer declarant-side questions.
compliance@carbonsettle.com