QINTARCarbon Border Compliance

CBAM compliance,
end to end.

For exporting producers

Turn your real emissions into a verified carbon passport — and stop being billed on the EU's worst-case default.

🇧🇭Gulf AluminiumLine 3 · 12,000 t / yr
Computing
Billed on EU defaultUnverified — worst case€1,014,000
Your verified figureQINTAR carbon passport€570,240✓ Verified
Annual saving
€0
by replacing the default with your verified emissions
0 sectors
Covered goods today — aluminium, steel, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen, electricity
~0
EU importers with a filing obligation under the definitive regime
0%
Maximum default-value mark-up applied to unverified goods from 2028
30 Sep 2027
First annual CBAM declaration — covering all 2026 imports
The QINTAR Platform

The complete CBAM compliance chain, on one platform.

One chain from the smelter floor to the EU filing. Three modules — Measure, Match, File — carry every figure with its evidence and its legal reference intact, so nothing is asserted that can't be proven.

Q>MEASURE

Verified emissions, at the source.

Installation-level embedded emissions to the EU's official methodology — source streams, sector gases, precursors — with the regulation cited on every field and the evidence trail the verifier expects.

  • Official-template structure (B → D → E)
  • Pre-verified ahead of accreditations (Sept 2026)
  • Plausibility checks against published defaults
Q>MATCH

Supplier data, reconciled to customs lines.

Every imported product line matched to a verified supplier record — or transparently priced at default — with the cost position in euros, per supplier, per year to 2034.

  • Consent-controlled extracts — data minimised by design
  • Multi-buyer reuse of one verified record
  • Live verified-versus-default exposure
Q>FILE

The declaration, ready to file.

Complete annual CBAM declarations assembled to the registry structure — evidence attached, verification reports referenced, certificates reconciled — ahead of the 30 September deadline.

  • Registry-structured output
  • UK CBAM from the same dataset (2027)
  • Four-year audit-ready record keeping
How it works

From installation data to a filed declaration.

Measured

The producer's fuel, meter and production records become a verified emissions file — structured for the accredited verifier, sealed as the Carbon Passport.

Matched

The passport meets the importer's customs data. Every line reconciled; every gap priced at the default it would otherwise cost.

Filed

The declaration reaches the registry complete, evidenced and on time — with the certificate position managed through the year.

The Carbon Passport

A single verified emissions record, accepted by every European buyer.

The carbon passport is the unit of trust at the border: an installation's verified embedded emissions, kept current and released on the producer's terms. Today the EU assigns your goods a deliberately conservative default — and your buyers are charged on it. The passport replaces that estimate with your verified figure, shared per buyer and revocable at any time.

Carbon Passport · QTR-2026-00417Verified · Sealed
InstallationGulf Metals Co. — Potline 2
Goods categoryUnwrought aluminium · CN 7601
Production routePrimary electrolytic smelting
SEE — direct1.687 tCO₂e/t
Country default (2026)2.057 tCO₂e/t
Position vs default−18.0%
VerificationAccredited body · on-site · within 5% materiality
Valid forEU CBAM · UK CBAM extract ready
Scan to verify
verify.qintar.eu · a41f 9c2e 77b0 …
The QR resolves the record's cryptographic fingerprint against the sealed registry — any alteration after sealing breaks the match on the spot.
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Evidence-linked

Every figure carries its regulatory reference and its source document — the file arrives at verification already structured for the audit.

Data-minimising

Buyers receive the verified figure and the verification statement. Fuel mix, volumes, costs and supplier relationships never leave the record.

Sealed versions

Annual sealing with immutable version history — what was declared is what remains on file, for the full four-year retention duty.

Scan-verifiable

Every sealed passport carries a QR authenticity seal — scanning verifies the record's cryptographic fingerprint against the registry. A forged or altered document fails on the spot.

Dual-regime

Built once to the EU methodology; exported to the UK regime from 2027 without a second data collection.

Method

Calculated to the official methodology. Validated against it.

Every figure on this platform is built to the regulation, resolved from adopted tables, and traceable to its source — with its regulatory source referenced on screen.

7 / 7
Validated calculations
Our calculation method follows international best practice and is fully aligned with EU requirements — validated against the official worked examples across every covered sector.
31,560
Complete default-value coverage
The full adopted table — 120 countries × 263 products — with the exact figure per CN code and origin, and its source cited on screen with every lookup.
Traceable
Full regulatory traceability
Emissions built to Annex IV and the implementing acts; each number traceable to regulation article, official template sheet, and evidence document.
Sealed
Verification-ready files
Files structured to the accredited verifier’s report format (5% materiality), sealed with a tamper-evident fingerprint that any buyer can check.
Aligned with EU requirements and international best practice
The 2028 wave
2028 changes who your customers can buy from.
European buyers will require verified emissions data behind every order. Suppliers who hold a passport keep their contracts and their pricing power.
Secure your position →
The platform

One platform. Both sides of the border.

Producers maintain verified emissions files; importers see exposure, economics and filings built from them.

qintar · platform — illustrative view, sample data
QINTAR · Q> PLATFORM Calculation WorkbenchProspect DatabaseImporter Console
🇧🇭 Meridian Aluminium Co.ALUMINIUM · BAHRAIN · 1 INSTALLATION EU VOLUME370,000 t/yr DEFAULT 2026 · CN 76012.057 tCO₂e/t VERIFIED SEE1.687 tCO₂e/t EXPOSURE @ DEFAULTS · 2030€47.4M /yr
ASSESSMENT — LIVE
SEE · specific embedded emissions1.687 tCO₂e/t
Verified vs default−18.0%
VerificationAccredited body · 5% materiality
PassportVERIFIED · SEALED
BUYER VIEW — IMPORTER CONSOLE
Meridian Aluminium · 10,000 tVerified
AT VERIFIED€719KAT DEFAULTS€1.3MSAVED / YR€581K
Declaration draft · certificate calendar · daily FX display · operated under your own authorisation via registry delegation — you remain declarant of record, your name on the filing, our engine underneath
Verified emissions filesPer-CN adopted defaults · 120 countriesSealed, QR-verifiable passportsBuyer economics, liveDeclaration drafts Request a live walkthrough
QINTAR Advisory

Advisory engagements with defined deliverables.

Regulation rewards those who prepare early and precisely. Four engagements — each with a defined, dated deliverable.

Exposure assessment

Your CBAM position in euros — by installation, product line and year to 2034 — before your first data point is collected.

Deliverable · exposure model & board memo

Verification readiness

The emissions file prepared to the verifier's own report structure, with the evidence organised for the mandatory on-site visit.

Deliverable · verification-ready file

Declaration management

The annual filing assembled, reconciled and submitted — with quarterly certificate holdings monitored through the year.

Deliverable · filed declaration & certificate plan

Regime strategy

Carbon-price deductions, route benchmarks, scope extensions — the regulatory calendar translated into commercial decisions.

Deliverable · regime playbook

CBAM representation for delivered-duty-paid sellers.

For delivered-duty-paid sellers

If you sell DDP — Delivered Duty Paid, meaning you act as the importer of record — EU law requires an EU-established indirect customs representative to act as your authorised CBAM declarant. QINTAR provides that representation directly, through its own EU entity: your goods keep moving, your commercial terms stay unchanged, and the declaration obligations sit with us.

Insights

Regulatory analysis for commercial decisions.

Regulatory briefing

Default values are a price list — and it rises every year.

Unverified goods are assessed at conservative defaults plus a legislated mark-up that steps to +30%. What that means, sector by sector, for landed cost into the EU.

Read the briefing →
Market view

Verification capacity will be the bottleneck of 2026–27.

First accreditations arrive September 2026 against a mandatory on-site requirement. Why queue position is now a commercial asset — and how prepared files move first.

Read the analysis →
Buyer's guide

The supplier data clause is coming to your purchase contracts.

EU buyers are writing verified-emissions requirements into procurement. What exporters should prepare before the clause arrives — and what it earns them.

Read the guide →
Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions.

The authorised CBAM declarant — the EU importer or its indirect customs representative. QINTAR prepares, reconciles and quality-assures the filing; the declarant signs it. Producers outside the EU hold no filing obligation, but their data determines what their buyers pay.

No — and that is by law, not by choice. Verification must be performed by an independent accredited body under EU impartiality rules. We prepare your file to the verifier's own report structure, organise the evidence, and support the site visit — which is why prepared files clear verification faster.

It helps — existing measurement systems and certifications are crosswalked into the passport and can reduce the preparation effort materially. But CBAM accepts only its own methodology, verified by accredited bodies. No certificate substitutes for the CBAM file.

Imports are assessed at default values — deliberately conservative figures plus a mark-up that rises annually. The cost lands on the EU buyer, who recovers it through price or supplier choice. As the payable share climbs toward 100% in 2034, "nothing" becomes the most expensive strategy on the table.

Two different answers, depending on who you are. If you are an EU importer, you are the authorised declarant yourself — we prepare, reconcile and quality-assure the filing, and you sign it. If you are a non-EU seller shipping DDP, you legally cannot import without an EU-established indirect customs representative acting as authorised declarant — and that is a role we take on, under escrow-before-declaration terms, because we verify the underlying emissions ourselves. We are onboarding DDP sellers now; the service activates upon completion of our own declarant authorisation. See CBAM Representation.

Yes — through an EU-established indirect customs representative who acts as your authorised CBAM declarant. Below 50 tonnes a year (cumulative across steel, aluminium, cement and fertilisers) you are exempt from CBAM obligations — but crossing that line at any point applies every obligation retroactively to the whole year, and one consignment usually crosses it. QINTAR is becoming that declarant itself — our own EU entity, our own EORI, direct — under an escrow-before-declaration rule that protects both sides. Your DDP terms with your customers do not change.

Yes — that is its purpose. The record is built once per installation and product line, then shared with any number of buyers as a declaration extract under your consent controls. Your production data never leaves the file; from 2027 the same record also serves the UK regime.

The regulatory calendar

The regulatory calendar: three dates that matter.

Today
1 Jan 2026
Definitive regime live
Only authorised declarants may import — liability accrues.
Sep 2026
First verifier accreditations
Queues open worldwide — prepared files move first.
1 Feb 2027
Certificate sales open
Liability becomes a live cash-flow position.
30 Sep 2027
First annual declaration
Every 2026 import settled — verified, or default plus mark-up.
1 Jan 2028
Downstream extension
~180 further steel & aluminium goods enter scope.
2034
Full CBAM — 100%
The free-allocation shield reaches zero.
For exporting producers
Know your exposure before your buyers ask.

An exposure assessment states your position in euros — by installation, product line and year to 2034 — and precisely what a verified record changes.

Request an exposure assessment
For EU importers
Arrive at 30 September complete.

A readiness review maps your supplier base, your data gaps, and your declaration path — with certificate purchases opening 1 February 2027 and the full year of 2026 imports due for declaration on 30 September 2027.

Request a readiness review
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