# India-EU FTA has provisions to address carbon tax, says official 2026-08-16T03:19:05+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The India-EU free trade agreement includes provisions to address concerns over the European Union's carbon tax, a senior official said on Thursday. Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce Darpan Jain stated that the deal has a separate annexure dealing with the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Under one pillar, if the EU extends flexibility to other countries, it will be available to India. Jain noted that CBAM compliance is a concern for small and medium enterprises regarding verification and measurement of embedded carbon. The FTA also allows India to engage with EU authorities to consider carbon prices paid domestically, as India develops its own carbon pricing mechanism. Jain was speaking at the IGCC Industry Dialogue 2026 in New Delhi, organised by the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. ## Coverage - thehansindia.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: CBAM, Darpan Jain, Department of Commerce, European Union, India-EU FTA Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/india-eu-fta-has-provisions-to-address-carbon-tax-says-official/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/india-eu-fta-has-provisions-to-address-carbon-tax-says-official/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/