CBAM · for importers
For Belgian SMEs that import steel, aluminium or fasteners from China. Crius counts your imports against the 50 t threshold.
Crius gives no legal, customs or tax advice.
Threshold 2026
38.4 t of 50 t confirmed
Where things stand
What exists today, and what comes with the pilot.
The CBAM module is not open yet. The first five organisations start as founding customers. We switch the module on for them.
| Part | State |
|---|---|
| Threshold status with forecast | Built |
| Shipment entry, scope per CN code | Built |
| Estimate: default values next to supplier data | Built |
| Upload documents and have them read | At pilot start |
| Request to your supplier, in English and Chinese | At pilot start |
| Export to XLSX and JSON | At pilot start |
| Direct submission to the CBAM registryThere is no official format yet. Source F2 | Not planned |
The rule
What CBAM asks of you in 2026.
The threshold is 50 t net mass per importer per calendar year, all CN codes together.
Source B2Once you pass it, every obligation applies to everything you imported that year. The first 50 t included.
Source B5Above the threshold, only an authorised CBAM declarant may import.
Source A3The import year is the year customs accept your declaration.
Source B11The first annual declaration, for 2026 imports, is due by 30 September 2027.
Source D1Default values carry a 10% mark-up in 2026.
Source E8The EU price of one CBAM certificate was €75.28 in the second quarter of 2026. That is not the price of Crius.
Source H3There is no official file format yet to submit the declaration.
UnconfirmedSource F2
What Crius does
What Crius does, and what it does not.
Does
- Counts your imports against the threshold and forecasts the year.
- Says per shipment and per CN code whether it falls under CBAM.
- Estimates the cost twice: with default values and with your supplier's data. Every part with its source and status.
- Works in Dutch, French and English.
Does not
- Does not submit your declaration.
- Does not buy certificates.
- Gives no legal, customs or tax advice.
Why Crius
Your supplier installs nothing.
Crius never asks your supplier for an account. You send the request for emission data yourself, from your own mailbox.
A price you know up front.
One fixed price per organisation. No limit on CN codes, suppliers or shipments. No demo and no sales call.
Every rule with its source and date.
Every rule Crius uses comes from EUR-Lex or the European Commission. We show the source, the date we checked it and whether it is confirmed. The list is at the bottom of this page.
Price
€1,490 a year.
Per organisation, excl. VAT, up to 3 users. No limit on CN codes, suppliers or shipments.
Founding offer: €495 for the first year.
For the first five organisations. After that €1,490 a year. What you give in return:
- a case study with your name, only with the written consent of anyone named;
- a 30-minute feedback call each quarter;
- 2 to 3 anonymised document sets, under a separate agreement.
Access
Request access.
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No demo and no sales call. You get an answer by email.
Sources
Where every rule comes from.
Confirmed means: taken from a primary source, checked on the date in the table. Unconfirmed means: no primary source found, or our own reading.
| Id | Rule | Source | Checked | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B2 | The threshold is 50 t net mass per importer per calendar year, all CN codes together. | Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated textArt. 2a(1) and Annex VII point 1 | Checked: | Confirmed |
| B5 | Once you pass it, every obligation applies to everything you imported that year. The first 50 t included. | Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated textArt. 2a(2) | Checked: | Confirmed |
| A3 | Above the threshold, only an authorised CBAM declarant may import. | Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated textArt. 4 and Art. 25(1) | Checked: | Confirmed |
| B11 | The import year is the year customs accept your declaration. | Source: European Commission, CBAM Questions and Answers (27 May 2026); Regulation (EU) No 952/2013Q&A 5.20; UCC Art. 172(2) | Checked: | Confirmed |
| D1 | The first annual declaration, for 2026 imports, is due by 30 September 2027. | Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated textArt. 6(1) | Checked: | Confirmed |
| E8 | Default values carry a 10% mark-up in 2026. | Source: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1740Annex I, opening text (mark-up schedule) | Checked: | Confirmed |
| H3 | The EU price of one CBAM certificate was €75.28 in the second quarter of 2026. That is not the price of Crius. | Source: European Commission, Price of CBAM certificatesQ2 2026 quarterly price, published 6 July 2026 | Checked: | Confirmed |
| F2 | There is no official file format yet to submit the declaration. | Source: European Commission, CBAM archive and CBAM Questions and AnswersOnly a transitional-period XSD is published; Q&A 5.13 | Checked: | Unconfirmed |
Crius gives no legal, customs or tax advice.