Electricity market integration needs environmental compliance: Joint civil society position paper on CBAM and the Western Balkans electricity sector
Report | 19 March 2026
The inclusion of electricity in the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has raised questions about CBAM’s impacts on EU-Western Balkans market integration.
But this position paper argues that electricity market integration cannot work without equal rules – it needs to go hand in hand with environmental and climate compliance. The EU must do more to ensure this, and CBAM can help to contribute.
Theme: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, CBAM, Western Balkans, electricity sector
Project: Coal in the Balkans
Tags: air pollution | coal
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