Responsibilities if you accredit verifiers for Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) goods
Find out your responsibilities as an accreditation body if you accredit verifiers for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
As an accreditation body you may accredit verifiers for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), providing you meet the eligibility requirements.
Accreditation bodies — eligibility and responsibilities
To be eligible to accredit verifiers for CBAM you must:
- be a full member of the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated
- comply with ISO/IEC 17011 (Conformity assessment — Requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies) — read more information on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) website
You must also be peer evaluated for your ability to accredit verifiers to the following ISO standards:
- ISO/IEC 17029 (Conformity assessment — General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies), on the ISO website
- ISO 14065 (General principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying environmental information), on the ISO website
Accrediting a verifier
You may accredit verifiers based in the same country as you. You may also accredit verifiers based in another country if the country the verifier is based in either:
- does not have an eligible accreditation body
- has an eligible accreditation body that does not accredit verifiers for CBAM
When accrediting verifiers for CBAM, you must assess their:
- understanding of and compliance with ISO/IEC 17029 and ISO 14065
- understanding of the CBAM requirements
- ability to comply with CBAM requirements
Read about what you need to do when accrediting verifiers and monitoring their compliance with CBAM requirements in the technical guidance.
After accreditation
Once a verifier is accredited they can begin verifying emissions data for the installation.
You must also publish a list of verifiers you have accredited for CBAM and their accreditation certificates in English.