CBAM FAQ for Moroccan exporters
Who actually pays CBAM?
Your EU importer buys and surrenders the certificates. You pay nothing to the EU — but your emissions number drives their cost, and therefore your competitiveness.
Is there a small-volume exemption?
Yes — importers below 50 tonnes of CBAM goods per year are exempt (Regulation (EU) 2025/2083; electricity and hydrogen excluded from the exemption).
Direct vs indirect emissions — which count?
Direct emissions (fuels, process) always count. Indirect emissions (the electricity your production consumed) count for cement, fertilisers and electricity — but not for iron & steel, aluminium and hydrogen, which are direct-only under Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2023/956.
Will my numbers need verification?
Under the definitive regime, actual values must be verified by an accredited verifier. SOLANIQ’s outputs are built verification-ready — every factor cited, every assumption disclosed — but SOLANIQ is not itself a verifier.
Is the SOLANIQ XML an official filing?
No. It is a supplier data pack in the registry’s own format (it validates against the official schema) so your importer can lift the numbers straight into their declaration. The declarant fields stay theirs to complete.
I export several products — one report or many?
Save each good in the CBAM Suite portfolio and export one consolidated pack covering all of them per period.