Swedac has accredited Intertek Certification AB to verify emissions under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), with the accreditation announced on 13 October. The approval expands the set of potential verification providers for electricity and carbon-intensive industrial imports as exporters prepare for the first verified CBAM reporting cycle.
Intertek is listed as Sweden’s first accredited CBAM verification organisation. Its accredited coverage includes electricity and several industrial sectors, including iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers and hydrogen.
Accreditation scope and validity period
The Swedish national accreditation body lists Intertek under accreditation number 1639. The validity runs through 13 October 2031.
The approved scope includes activity group LI, covering electricity imported into the EU. It also includes activity groups I–VIII and LII, which cover major CBAM industrial sectors and indirect emissions.
The listed areas within the scope include iron and steel, steel products, ferro-alloys, unwrought aluminium and aluminium products. It also covers cement, clinker, fertilisers, ammonia and hydrogen.
Electricity verification implications for Southeast Europe
The inclusion of electricity is relevant for exporters in Serbia, Montenegro and the wider Southeast European region. Producers seeking access to EU markets may need verified emissions information to support importers’ CBAM requirements.
Accreditation does not change the conditions for claims based on actual emissions for electricity. Such claims remain subject to contractual and physical-delivery requirements, including power purchase arrangements, cross-border scheduling and matching generation with nominated electricity flows.
Renewable electricity producers in Serbia and Montenegro therefore still need evidence linking claimed electricity to a specific generating installation. This includes the contractual chain, an accepted physical schedule and the EU importer.
Requirements for matching industrial sector coverage
The new accreditation increases potential options for arranging electricity verification services. It does not relax eligibility rules governing treatment of actual emissions under CBAM.
For steel and aluminium exporters, verification arrangements must be matched to production activities. A verifier’s general CBAM accreditation does not automatically mean that every product or installation is covered by its authorised scope.
Steel and aluminium manufacturers are required to confirm that the legal entity engaged is accredited for the relevant production activity, product group and indirect-emissions scope applicable to their goods. Producers that have calculated embedded emissions but have not secured an appropriately accredited verifier may face delays in delivering verified data.
Verification capacity ahead of the first reporting cycle
The expansion of accredited verification services is described as commercially significant as the first full CBAM compliance cycle approaches. A larger pool of providers may support arrangements such as site visits, documentation review and completion of verification work.
This capacity may be relevant for Southeast European manufacturers if demand becomes concentrated as EU customers strengthen supplier requirements. Banks and industrial buyers may also incorporate verifier availability into assessments of CBAM readiness.
The accreditation does not change EU rules on electricity actual emissions, hourly matching, default factors, precursor accounting or embedded-emissions calculations. For Southeast European exporters, securing an appropriate verifier and preparing required evidence are part of procurement and production planning rather than tasks that can be deferred until after carbon calculations are complete.