Om CBAM följ denna länk
ARGE:s medlemmar har röstat om ett förslag att ansöka om att lås och byggbeslag (tullkoder 8301 och 8302, av stål eller aluminium) ska inkluderas som nedströmsprodukter i EU:s CBAM-förordning.
Resultatet blev 11 för, 0 emot och 2 avstod.
I arbetet inför ansökan:
• Två representativa produkter ligger till grund för studiens beräkningar:
• Instickslås för innerdörrar (8301 40 19)
• Vrid-/tiltfönsterbeslag (8302 41 50)
• Konsulten carboneer GmbH har fått all nödvändig data för att räkna ut den förväntade kostnadsökningen (“carbon push”) som följer av EU ETS och CBAM.
• Statistik över import, export och produktion inom EU-27 har tillhandahållits av den österrikiska branschorganisationen och används för att beräkna “trade intensity”.
• ARGE har löpande dialog både med carboneer GmbH och andra branschorganisationer som arbetar med liknande CBAM-ansökningar.
• Den slutliga studien levereras i mitten av december 2025, varefter ARGE omedelbart skickar in ansökan till EU-kommissionen (DG TAXUD).
• Alla nationella medlemsorganisationer och associerade medlemmar kommer att få studien och ansökan, samt uppdateringar löpande.
Originaltexten:
Result of Formal Vote in Writing on the application for the inclusion of locks and building hardware products as downstream products in the EU CBAM Regulation
This is the resolution proposed by ARGE’s Board of Directors that was put to the vote:
National Associations approve that ARGE will apply for locks and building hardware to be included as downstream products in the EU CBAM Regulation (products under the customs codes 8301 and 8302, made of steel or aluminium).
And this is the result of the Formal Vote in Writing:
In favour: 11
Against: 0
Abstain: 2
Update on the preparation of the study and the application:
• These are the two representative products within the range of locks and building hardware for which the calculation of the risk of being substituted by imports from countries without ETS and CBAM will be calculated and illustrated in the study:
• Mortice lock for an internal door: Customs code 8301 40 19 – Locks of a kind used for doors of buildings, of base metal (excl. cylinder locks and padlocks)
• Tilt & turn window fitting: Customs code 8302 41 50 – Base metal mountings and fittings suitable for windows and French windows (excl. locks with keys and hinges)
• ARGE’s consultant, carboneer GmbH in Berlin, has received all relevant data for the calculation of the so-called “carbon push”, which is the expected cost increase for products resulting from EU ETS and EU CBAM.
• FMTI/BGSB, the Austrian National Association, kindly provided me with the EU-27 data for import, export and production value for these two customs codes, in order that the “trade intensity” can be calculated.
• ARGE is in regular contact not only with carboneer GmbH but also with other industry associations concerning their applications for including certain products as downstream products in the EU CBAM.
• carboneer GmbH will provide ARGE with the final version of the study mid-December 2025. Promptly thereafter, ARGE will submit the application, supported by the study, to the European Commission, DG TAXUD.
• ARGE’s members, the National Associations as well as the Affiliated Members will receive both, the study and the application and will be kept updated.
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CBAM är en del av EU:s klimatstrategi för att minska utsläpp och nå klimatneutralitet till 2050.
Syftet är att förhindra koldioxidläckage genom att införa ett koldioxidpris på importerade varor från länder med mindre strikta klimatregler. Det ska skapa rättvis konkurrens och driva på globalt hållbar produktion.
Problematik:
Om endast råmaterial som stål omfattas av CBAM, kan det skapa handelsstörningar – företag kan importera färdigmonterade produkter istället för råmaterial för att undvika koldioxidkostnaden.
Lösning för byggbeslag (building hardware):
ARGE Överväger att föreslå att lås och beslag ska klassas som s.k. ”nedströmsprodukter”, alltså produkter som innehåller t.ex. stål och att denna klassning därmed medför att de undantas från CBAM
SEM Group styrelse har beslutat att SEM stöder ARGEs förslag att våra produkter ska vara ”nedströmsprodukter”.
Fördelar om lås och beslag blir klassade som nedströmsprodukter:
• Skapar en jämlik spelplan mellan EU-produkter och importerade varor.
• Stärker EU:s klimatmål.
Nackdelar om lås och beslag blir klassade som nedströmsprodukter:
• Risk för motåtgärder från t.ex. Kina (importtullar).
• EES- och Schweiziska företag med produktion i tredje land kan förlora kostnadsfördelar.
Tidslinje:
• EU:s första utvärdering av nedströmsprodukter avslutades i slutet av 2024.
• ARGE behöver input från medlemmarna för att skicka svar under 2025.
Fördjupning på engelska:
EU EMISSION TRADING SYSTEM (ETS)
• ETS requires polluters to pay for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
• Launched in 2005, it is among the largest carbon markets globally.
• It helps bring overall EU emissions down and generates revenues for the green transition.
• It covers emissions from the electricity and heat generation, industrial manufacturing and aviation sectors – which account for roughly 40% of total GHG emissions in the EU (since 2024 it has been covering emissions from maritime transport as well).
• Free carbon allowances have been allocated to the sectors but will gradually be phased out as of 2027 and will disappear 2032.
• E.g., steel and aluminum manufacturers shall buy carbon allowances on the carbon market. As the demand for carbon allowances will increase, the price of a ton of carbon will increase too.
• ETS as a stand-alone tool would lead to cost advantages of imported goods (materials) which are produced in countries without a carbon pricing system, which consequently would result in the so-called ‘carbon leakage’.
EU CARBON BORDER ADJUSTEMENT MECHANISM (CBAM)
• By confirming that a price has been paid for the embedded carbon emissions generated in the production of certain goods (materials) imported into the EU, CBAM will ensure the carbon price of imports is equivalent to the carbon price of domestic production.
• CBAM will apply in its definitive regime from 2026, while the current transitional phase lasts between 2023 and 2025. This gradual introduction of the CBAM is aligned with the phase-out of the allocation of free allowances under the EU ETS to support the decarbonization of EU industry.
• CBAM will initially apply to the imports of the following goods (materials) and precursors: cement, iron and steel, aluminum, fertilizers, electricity and hydrogen.
• In addition to the goods (materials) stated on the previous slide, so-called ’downstream products’ can be added to the CBAM regime as well.
• Regarding iron, steel, and aluminum, the aim of adding downstream products to CBAM is the protection of iron-, steel-, and aluminum-consuming industries in Europe whose competitiveness could be threatened by lower-priced, higher-carbon-embedded competing imports from countries outside the EEA and Switzerland.
• Applications for adding downstream products to CBAM as e.g., hand tools, fasteners, and cookware have been made already or are planned.
ETS + CBAM: CONSEQUENCES
The dual mechanism of ETS and CBAM, which inherently does not cover final products will have two consequences:
1. Loss of competitiveness for the downstream industries (final products) in EEA and Switzerland against importers from third countries:
a. on the EEA and Swiss marketplace (this can be remedied by adding the respective products as downstream products to CBAM)
b. outside the EEA and Swiss marketplace (no solution available)
2. And, as a possible consequence, relocation of downstream industries to countries outside the EEA and Switzerland to regain competitiveness, and/ or manufacturers outside the EEA and Switzerland taking market share from local manufacturers (both known as carbon leakage; both would result in a loss of jobs in EEA and Switzerland).