EU Trade Compliance · 2026

Every container
is an open audit.

CBAM, EUDR, DAC7, customs filings — the EU made each shipment its own compliance exam. Bindu reads the rule, drafts the filing, and tells you what's wrong before the auditor does.

The cost of getting it wrong

The rules changed faster than your team could read them.

01 / Surface

4regimes

New EU compliance regimes since 2023. CBAM (carbon), EUDR (deforestation), DAC7 (digital platforms), DPP (product passports). Each one operates on its own clock. None waits for you to finish the last. Source · DG TAXUD enforcement calendar, 2026

02 / Cost

€600/hr

To ask a customs lawyer if your filing is right. Plus six to ten weeks to onboard a new compliance hire who can read CBAM and EUDR. The smaller the importer, the higher the fixed cost per shipment. Source · CIPS rate survey, EU mid-market, Q4 2025

03 / Cadence

Quarterlyindef.

Reporting cadence of the new regimes — no grace period, no extensions. Miss a CBAM filing and you owe verified emissions plus penalties. Miss an EUDR check and your goods don't enter the union. Source · Reg. (EU) 2023/956, Art. 35; Reg. (EU) 2023/1115

What compliance looks like today

Sheldon's Tuesday.

Six tools, three languages, two months of training, one missed deadline away from a hold at Rotterdam. Click a tab — this is the workflow we replace.

cbam.transitional.europa.eu — Q2 2026 declaration
Quarterly reports Q2 2026 Goods imported
DRAFT · 6 / 47 lines complete

Embedded Emissions Declaration — Q2 2026

Authorised CBAM Declarant: Stahlstadt Imports B.V. · NL/2026/0418 · Filing window closes 31 Jul 2026

Goods (47)VerifiersDefault valuesSubmission
SKUCN codeSupplierDirect (tCO₂e/t)IndirectStatus
ST-7308-A7308.30.00SteelWorks BGawaiting supplier
ST-7308-B7308.40.00SteelWorks BGawaiting supplier
FE-7301-A7301.10.00Karabük Steel1.840.42verified
ST-7216-C7216.50.91Galati Millsawaiting supplier
AL-7610-X7610.10.00İzmit Aluminum2.711.18default value
41 line items missing actuals. You may submit with default values for transitional period — penalty applies after verifier deadline (4 Aug 2026).

Replaced by one composer.

After

Wednesday.

Same shipment, same suppliers, same deadlines — one shared workspace, one audit trail. Every card cites the source it came from, and the agent that touched it last.

stahlstadt.bindu.app / cards / board
BoardListCalendar
live · 2 agents working
Backlog3
BIN-2017agent

ICS2 ENS — TR rebar, Rotterdam berth 14:30

Pre-arrival entry summary for Karabük → Rotterdam.

@customs-agentT-2h before berth
BIN-2015data req.

DAC7 reconciliation Q4 2026

12,418 sellers across Stripe + CRM. Map to in-scope tests.

@dac7-agent31 Jan 2027
BIN-2014data req.

EUDR plots — Da Nang robusta

47 polygons awaited from Da Nang Cooperative Coffee.

@eudr-agent12 Aug 2026
Queued2
BIN-2011agent

TARIC sub-class · 7308.30.00 vs 7308.30.95

Disambiguate steel-doorframe sub-codes — different CBAM defaults.

TARIC 2026 · synced 4h ago
@classify-agent
BIN-2010agent

Translate emissions methodology · BG → EN

[email protected] · CBAM data form · 8 pages.

@lang-agent
In progress2
BIN-2007agent

CBAM Q2 · SteelWorks BG (Pernik mill)

Reading 47 line items. 6 verified · 41 awaiting supplier reply.

Bill of lading · ruling · CBAM data form
@cbam-agentrunning · 64%
BIN-2008agent

Sentinel-2 check · VN-DN-003

Plot 1.06 ha · running deforestation diff against 2020 baseline.

ESA Sentinel-2 L2A · NDVI
@eudr-agentrunning · %
Review1
BIN-2003human

Karabük actuals — verifier sign-off

Defaults vs. verified · escalated to Hilde (CFO) for ruling.

Bindu pilot · CIPS rate survey
@Hilde · CFOThu 30 Jul
Done2
BIN-1993agent

FE-7301-A · Q1 actuals filed

1.84 t CO₂e/t direct + 0.42 indirect — XML accepted.

@cbam-agent✓ filed
BIN-1991agent

AL-7610-X · Q1 actuals filed

İzmit Aluminum · default → actual transition complete.

@cbam-agent✓ filed

One workspace. Twelve tabs of work, one audit trail. Cards link to the supplier email, the binding ruling, the satellite check — open any of them and follow the agent.

Try it · live agent

Ask the regulation, now.

A real Bindu agent on this page. Trade question — HS classification, CBAM coverage, EUDR readiness — answered in 30 seconds with citations.

Used by importers, brokers and forwarders in 38 countries

Tirupur LinenDa Nang WoodworksSumatra RoastersForwarder Coop EUShenzhen PlushAndes CacaoBogotá FlowersCasablanca Citrus

Regulation 01 / 04 — Reg. (EU) 2023/956 — in force

CBAM.

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Quarterly embedded-emissions reporting for steel, cement, fertiliser, aluminium, hydrogen, electricity.

The rule

  • Quarterly report of embedded direct + indirect emissions per CN code
  • Six product groups: iron & steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen, electricity
  • Default values allowed in transitional period; verified actuals from Jan 2026
  • Authorised CBAM Declarant status required to import from 2026

What it costs you today

8 weeks

To chase emissions data from third-country mills who haven't built the form yet. Half come back in Bulgarian, Turkish or Mandarin. The verifier is on holiday.

Source · Bindu pilot, 6 EU mid-market importers, Q4 2025

What Bindu does

Reads your bill-of-lading, requests the right form from the supplier in their language, calculates embedded emissions, drafts the quarterly XML, hands it to you to sign.

Classify HS 7308.30 → CBAM goods, group iron&steel
Request CBAM data form sent to [email protected] (BG)
Compute 1.84 t CO₂e/t direct + 0.42 indirect
Draft Q2 2026 XML report ready for signature

Regulation 02 / 04 — Reg. (EU) 2023/1115 — SME deadline 30 Dec 2026

EUDR.

Deforestation Regulation. No goods enter the union without a plot-level due-diligence statement. Seven commodities. No exceptions.

The rule

  • Geolocation polygons for every plot of land that produced the goods
  • Seven commodities: cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, rubber, beef, timber
  • Statement of Due Diligence filed in EU TRACES system per shipment
  • Risk assessment + mitigation if country is standard or high-risk

What it costs you today

11 hrs/SKU

To collect coordinates from co-ops, build polygons, run a satellite deforestation check, and draft the statement. Multiplied by every product line.

Source · FEDIOL operator survey, March 2026

What Bindu does

Ingests supplier polygons in any format, runs the ESA Sentinel-2 check, classifies country risk, and writes the Statement of Due Diligence into TRACES.

Ingest 47 polygons, KML → EU 4326 projection
Verify ESA Sentinel-2: zero deforestation since 31 Dec 2020
Risk Vietnam = standard risk · mitigation steps prefilled
File SDD draft submitted to TRACES, ref EUDR-2026-0418

Regulation 03 / 04 — UCC + ICS2 — live every shipment

Customs.

Classification, valuation, origin, ENS pre-arrival. The exam your container takes at every border, in every member state, every time.

The rule

  • Correct CN classification (TARIC, 10-digit, 2026 nomenclature)
  • Customs value with statistical adjustments and Incoterms split
  • Preferential or non-preferential origin, with proof
  • ICS2 entry summary declaration filed before goods arrive

What it costs you today

€600/hr

For a customs lawyer to review one ambiguous classification. Plus the broker fee. Plus the day your container sits at port if anyone disagrees.

Source · CIPS rate survey, EU mid-market, Q4 2025

What Bindu does

Classifies against live TARIC, drafts the entry summary, flags valuation risk, files ICS2 in time. Cites the regulation, never the vibe.

Classify Steel rebar → 7214.20.00 (CN §2026 § ch. 72)
Value CIF Rotterdam €48,200 · royalties 0
Origin EUR.1 from TR mill verified by issuer
ICS2 ENS filed T-2h before berth

Regulation 04 / 04 — Council Dir. 2021/514 — annual

DAC7.

Digital platform reporting. If you operate a marketplace, every active EU seller becomes a tax-data line item, due 31 January.

The rule

  • Collect TIN, address, financial account, consideration, fees per seller
  • Annual XML report to home member-state by 31 January
  • Due-diligence on whether each seller is in scope
  • Penalties up to €900k per missing or late filing

What it costs you today

3 teams

Tax, engineering, finance — reconciling seller data across Stripe, Shopify, your CRM, and an Excel from 2022. Every January, with one shared deadline.

Source · Bindu marketplace pilots, n=4, Q1 2026

What Bindu does

Pulls from your stack, applies the in-scope tests, generates the schema-valid XML, and walks the diff if last year's filing changed.

Pull 12,418 sellers from Stripe + CRM
Scope 9,204 in-scope · 142 ambiguous flagged
Match TIN validated for 8,961 · 243 outreach drafted
File XML 2024 schema valid · ready for tax HOD sign-off

The clock is the deliverable

Deadlines you can't miss.

A live look at what's coming. The countdown is real-time. The fines are real too.

31 Jul 2026

81days

CBAM Q2 2026 report

All authorised CBAM declarants

31 Oct 2026

173days

CBAM Q3 2026 report

All authorised CBAM declarants

30 Dec 2026

233days

EUDR enforcement (SMEs)

Small & micro operators

31 Jan 2027

265days

DAC7 annual filing

Marketplace operators

18 Feb 2027

283days

Battery DPP wave

EV & industrial battery importers

Updated continuously from DG TAXUD, DG ENV, and member-state journals.Get the full calendar →

Classification

Tariff codes that hold up.

Agents propose an HS code, cite the binding tariff ruling behind it, and show the duty rate — every classification ships with an audit trail attached. Defensible at the desk, defensible at the port.

See a live classification →

Dossiers

One file per shipment. Forever.

Bill of lading, commercial invoice, packing list, ruling citations, screening results, filed entry — all stitched into a single dossier with a permanent URL. When CBP knocks five years later, you send the link.

Tour a sample dossier →

Agents

Bring your own runtime.

Claude, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Open Claw — Bindu doesn't lock you into a model. Run the workflow on the agent you trust, on the box you own. Switch providers without losing your dossiers.

Compare runtimes →

Pricing

Priced like infrastructure, not like a SaaS rug-pull.

One subscription for everything — CBAM, EUDR, DPP, customs, screening — or pay-as-you-go from €299 per filing. 5–10× cheaper than the law firm, 3× cheaper than enterprise software.

Starter

Solo operations

€99/ month

Occasional filings. <500 shipments / yr.

  • 1 CBAM annual report
  • Up to 10 EUDR DDS / year
  • Up to 5 Battery DPPs / year
  • HS classification + screening (unlimited)
  • 3-year dossier hosting
See plan details

Pro

Multi-country exporter

€1,499/ month

€20M–€100M revenue. SSO, API, BYO model.

  • Unlimited DDS, DPPs, filings
  • SSO + role-based access
  • 10-year dossier retention + legal hold
  • API access + Slack support
  • Named CS engineer
  • Bring your own model (Claude, Codex, Gemini)
See plan details

Also available: Enterprise (self-hosted, air-gapped, custom regulatory packs) and pay-as-you-go filings from €299. See full pricing →

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Bindu's agents handle classification, screening and CBAM reporting at scale — with audit trails defensible at the desk and at the port. See it run on one of your bills of lading in 30 minutes.

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