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CBAM Quarterly Report

  • Render-verified
  • Official document
  • Version 1.0.0

Quarterly CBAM report filed by the reporting declarant via the CBAM Transitional Registry pursuant to Art. 35 Regulation (EU) 2023/956 and the detailed reporting obligations set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773. Covers imports into the EU customs territory of Annex I goods (cement, electricity, fertilisers, iron and steel, aluminium, hydrogen and certain downstream products identified by their CN code). During the transitional period (1 Oct 2023 - 31 Dec 2025) only reporting obligations apply; the financial obligation to surrender CBAM certificates starts on 1 Jan 2026 (Art. 36 Reg. (EU) 2023/956). Indirect embedded emissions must be reported for cement, fertilisers, aluminium and hydrogen per Annex IV Reg. (EU) 2023/956.

JSON Schema

Fields in this template

Data sent to the API is validated against the template’s JSON Schema before anything is rendered. This template defines 19 fields:

Field Required Type Description
declarant Required object Reporting declarant identified per Art. 2(36) and Art. 5 Regulation (EU) 2023/956. Where the importer is established in a Member State and…
declarant.name Required string
declarant.eori Required string Economic Operators Registration and Identification number assigned under Art. 9 Regulation (EU) 952/2013 (Union Customs Code).
declarant.address Required string
declarant.country_code Required string ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Member State of establishment.
declarant.authorised_declarant Required boolean True once the declarant has obtained the status of authorised CBAM declarant under Art. 5 Reg. (EU) 2023/956 (required from 1 Jan 2026). Du…
declarant.contact_name Required string
declarant.contact_email Required string
period Required object Reporting quarter. Quarterly reports are due within one month after the end of the quarter (Art. 35(1) Reg. (EU) 2023/956).
period.year Required integer
period.quarter Required integer
imports Required array One entry per CN code x country of origin x production installation imported during the quarter.
totals Required object Aggregated quarterly totals across all import lines.
totals.total_direct_emissions Required number Sum of embedded direct emissions across all imports, in tCO2e.
totals.total_indirect_emissions Required number Sum of embedded indirect emissions across all imports, in tCO2e. Only applicable to cement, fertilisers, aluminium and hydrogen per Annex I…
totals.total_carbon_price_paid Optional number Sum of the carbon price effectively paid in the country of origin across all imports, expressed in the reporting currency.
totals.currency Required string ISO 4217 currency code used for the carbon-price totals.
filed_on Optional date Date of filing in the CBAM Transitional Registry.
reference Optional string Registry-assigned reference of the filed report.

POST /render

Generate it

One POST /render call: send your JSON, get the finished PDF back. Or skip the JSON entirely and describe the document in plain language on chut.app.

curl
curl -X POST https://api.papii.eu/render \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template": "eu.compliance.cbam_report",
    "data": { ... },
    "options": {"language": "en"}
  }' -o cbam-report.pdf

Frequently asked questions

What is “CBAM Quarterly Report”?

Quarterly CBAM report filed by the reporting declarant via the CBAM Transitional Registry pursuant to Art. 35 Regulation (EU) 2023/956 and the detailed reporting obligations set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773. Covers imports into the EU customs territory of Annex I goods (cement, electricity, fertilisers, iron and steel, aluminium, hydrogen and certain downstream products identified by their CN code). During the transitional period (1 Oct 2023 - 31 Dec 2025) only reporting obligations apply; the financial obligation to surrender CBAM certificates starts on 1 Jan 2026 (Art. 36 Reg. (EU) 2023/956). Indirect embedded emissions must be reported for cement, fertilisers, aluminium and hydrogen per Annex IV Reg. (EU) 2023/956. On papii this document is available as template eu.compliance.cbam_report: a JSON Schema plus a deterministic PDF renderer, so the same data always produces the same document.

Can I generate a CBAM Quarterly Report with AI?

Yes. chut.app — the AI back office papii powers — fills this template from a plain-language description: you describe the document in one sentence, the AI structures the data, papii validates it against the schema and renders the PDF. Developers can also call the papii API directly with structured JSON.

Is the CBAM Quarterly Report template legally compliant?

This template is render-verified: its schema, sample data and PDF output are automatically tested on every release. It is published with status “ready”, meaning it has not yet been through papii’s final legal review. Where it references specific legislation, that is stated in the template description — always have a professional check documents with legal effect before relying on them.