--- description: "Articles by Clara Christ on EU sustainability law, at Green Fine Print." title: "Clara Christ" image: "https://greenfineprint.com/card/editors/clara-christ.png?v=1reu21s" url: "https://greenfineprint.com/editors/clara-christ" --- Editor # Clara Christ ## Articles by Clara Christ PROPOSAL COM(2026) 153 In force Change pending ### [EU ETS market stability reserve: what the provisional deal on invalidating allowances would change](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/eu-ets-market-stability-reserve-invalidation) Council and Parliament provisionally agreed to keep invalidating EU ETS reserve allowances, but above 700 million instead of 400 million. Not law yet. 6 min read PROPOSAL COM(2026) 616 In force Change pending ### [EU ETS review 2026: what the Commission's proposal would change, for whom and from when](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/eu-ets-review-changes) What the Commission's July 2026 EU ETS review proposal would change for installations, ships, flights, waste incinerators and EU countries, and from when. 16 min read DIRECTIVE 2003/87/EC In force Change pending ### [EU ETS for shipping: what shipping companies must surrender, and who pays](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/eu-ets-shipping) EU ETS for ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above carrying cargo or passengers to or from EU ports: which voyages count, what to surrender and who pays. 13 min read DIRECTIVE 2003/87/EC, ART. 10A AND 10B In force Change pending ### [EU ETS free allocation: benchmarks, the carbon leakage list and how free allowances are cut](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/eu-ets-free-allocation) How EU ETS free allowances are worked out for 2026-2030: benchmarks, the carbon leakage list, the 20% conditions, the CBAM factor and two pending proposals. 15 min read DIRECTIVE 2003/87/EC In force Change pending ### [EU ETS compliance deadlines: monitor, verify and surrender allowances each year](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/eu-ets-compliance-cycle) EU ETS operators must report verified emissions by 31 March and surrender allowances by 30 September. Each step, who acts, and what a shortfall costs. 10 min read DIRECTIVE 2003/87/EC In force Change pending ### [EU ETS scope: does it apply to your installation, and can small emitters be excluded?](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/eu-ets-installations-scope) Fuel-burning units totalling over 20 MW, or an Annex I activity over its threshold, put an installation in the EU ETS. Plus the small-emitter exclusions. 12 min read REGULATION (EU) 2023/956 In force Change pending ### [EU CBAM authorised declarant: how to apply, or use a customs representative](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/cbam-authorised-declarant) Beyond the 50-tonne exemption, only authorised declarants can import CBAM goods into the EU. How to apply, the guarantee, and the representative route. 9 min read REGULATION (EU) 2023/956 In force Change pending ### [EU CBAM certificate price: how certificates work and what they cost](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/cbam-certificates-price-cost) How the EU CBAM certificate price is set, when you can buy, the 50% quarterly holding rule, surrender by 30 September 2027, and a worked cost example. 10 min read REGULATION (EU) 2023/956 In force Change pending ### [EU CBAM default values or actual emissions: which to use, and how embedded emissions are calculated](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/cbam-default-values-actual-emissions) Under the EU CBAM, you declare embedded emissions from verified supplier data or from default values with a mark-up. How to choose, and what to ask suppliers. 12 min read REGULATION (EU) 2023/956 In force Change pending ### [EU CBAM 50-tonne threshold: does it apply to you, and what if you cross it?](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/cbam-50-tonne-threshold) At 50 tonnes or less a year of CBAM goods (not electricity or hydrogen), you're exempt from the EU CBAM. What counts, and the penalty for crossing unauthorised. 11 min read REGULATION (EU) 2023/956 In force Change pending ### [EU CBAM for producers and exporters outside the EU: registration, verification and who pays](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/cbam-non-eu-producers-exporters) Making steel, aluminium, cement or fertiliser in India or elsewhere outside the EU? What EU CBAM means for you: optional registration, verification, who pays. 12 min read PROPOSAL COM(2025) 989 In force Change pending ### [EU CBAM downstream products: what the proposed extension covers, for whom and from when](https://greenfineprint.com/articles/cbam-downstream-products-extension) The Commission proposes adding downstream steel and aluminium goods to EU CBAM from 1 January 2028. 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