Posachedwapa bungwe la European Commission lalengeza za malingaliro a misonkho ya malire a mpweya woipa, ndipo lamuloli likuyembekezeka kumalizidwa mu 2022. Nthawi yosinthira inali kuyambira mu 2023 ndipo mfundoyi idzagwiritsidwa ntchito mu 2026.

Cholinga chokhazikitsa msonkho wa carbon border chinali kuteteza mabizinesi am'nyumba zamafakitale ndikuletsa zinthu zamagetsi zochokera kumayiko ena zomwe zimadya mphamvu zambiri popanda kuletsedwa ndi miyezo yochepetsera utsi woipa kuti zisapikisane pamitengo yotsika.

Lamuloli linkayang'ana kwambiri mafakitale omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri komanso omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri, kuphatikizapo mafakitale achitsulo, simenti, feteleza, ndi aluminiyamu.

Misonkho ya kaboni idzakhala chitetezo china cha malonda ku makampani achitsulo omwe EU ikuwayika, zomwe zidzaletsanso kutumiza zitsulo ku China mwanjira ina. Misonkho ya kaboni m'malire idzawonjezeranso mtengo wotumizira zitsulo ku China ndikuwonjezera kukana kwa kutumiza ku EU.