On 15 September 2026, the European Parliament voted to scrap Article 27a, which would allow the European Commission to temporarily remove goods from the list in Annex I of the Regulation if it considers that the inclusion of a good in Annex I causes severe harm to the Union’s internal market due to serious and unforeseen circumstances related to the impact on product prices. However, no final legislation has been adopted yet as the European Council is still calling for Article 27a to be retained.
The European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission will negotiate the matter and take the final decision soon.
Reminder: on 7 January 2026, the European Commission and EU ministers discussed the possibility of lowering prices for fertilizers and, therefore, easing pressure on European farmers. Thus, the officials of France and Italy called for the exemption of fertilizers from the bloc’s carbon border tax, which came into force on 1 January 2026.
‘Members of the European Parliament managed to adopt a balanced solution. The final text maintains the predictability of CBAM while recognising that exceptional and unforeseen market circumstances may require targeted support for downstream sectors, including European farmers,’ Fertilizers Europe’s Director General Antoine Hoxha said. ‘The EU fertilizer industry fully supports measures that safeguard the competitiveness and resilience of EU farmers, ensuring that the cost of EU climate policies does not overly burden the agriculture value chain,’ he added.
