European Parliament backs lowering CBAM threshold for aluminium from 50 tonnes to 5 tonnes

MEPs also support addressing the regulatory gap on post-consumer aluminium scrap in the review of the mechanism.

The European Parliament has endorsed the main demands of the aluminium industry at the plenary session on 15 September in Strasbourg.

The European Parliament has approved the proposal led by the Spanish Aluminium Association (AEA), which has had the support and collaboration of all the European national aluminium associations and the European Aluminium employers’ association, to modify the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The text sets as priority measures the reduction of the exemption threshold from 50 to 5 tonnes for aluminium products and the resolution of the legal vacuum on post-consumer scrap.

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