Eu Commission Brakes Suspension of Cbam on Fertilisers

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Rome, 31 March 2026 The European Commission is holding back the request to suspend the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for fertilisers, advanced by France and Italy, to deal with the consequences of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The Commission, for the time being, does not have plans to exempt fertilizers from the CBAM, said the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Christophe Hansen at the end of the Agrifish Council, warnin…

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This is the position that Annie Genevard, the Minister of Agriculture, continues to defend. On 30 March 2026, the Minister of Agriculture participated in the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council of the European Union in Brussels. "The geopolitical context, marked...

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The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Christophe Hansen, acknowledged that the high cost of fertilizers is "a major source of concern for the sector." Nevertheless, he made it clear that a suspension of the carbon tax at the borders "would risk dangerously aggravating the European dependence on imports", an argument which is part of the European energy autonomy strategy. The carbon adjustment mechanism at the borders: a new mechanism The Ca…