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CBAM Glossary

Core terms from CBAM covering emissions accounting, authorised declarants, carbon pricing, and the importer-facing compliance model for covered goods.

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High-level summary

Core terms from CBAM covering emissions accounting, authorised declarants, carbon pricing, and the importer-facing compliance model for covered goods.

CBAM matters because it converts embedded-emissions data into a market-access and cost issue. For Minespider, that makes trustworthy emissions data, supplier coordination, and importer workflows operational rather than theoretical.

Who it affects

  • Importers of CBAM-covered goods into the EU
  • Sustainability teams producing embedded-emissions data
  • Suppliers asked to support carbon accounting and verification
  • Compliance and finance teams managing CBAM declarations and certificates

Key defined terms

A short curated set of terms to help readers orient themselves before moving into the full regulation-specific glossary.

embedded emissions

The CBAM quantity combining direct production-process emissions and relevant electricity-related indirect emissions for covered goods.

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actual emissions

Emissions calculated from primary data for the production processes and electricity use associated with covered goods.

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CBAM certificate

A regulatory term referring to a certificate in electronic format corresponding to one tonne of CO2e of embedded emissions in goods.

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authorised CBAM declarant

The CBAM actor authorised by a competent authority to carry the declaration and certificate-surrender obligation for covered imports.

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default value

A CBAM fallback value calculated or drawn from secondary data to represent embedded emissions when actual data is missing or unusable.

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carbon price

A regulatory term referring to the monetary amount paid in a third country, under a carbon emissions reduction scheme, in the form of a tax.

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direct emissions

CBAM emissions from the production processes of goods, including consumed heating and cooling tied to those processes.

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indirect emissions

CBAM emissions from electricity production where that electricity is consumed during the production processes of covered goods.

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installation

The CBAM facility anchor: a stationary technical unit where a production process is carried out.

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production processes

The chemical and physical processes carried out to produce goods in an installation under CBAM.

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emissions

The release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from the production of goods in the CBAM production context.

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surrender

The CBAM compliance-settlement action of offsetting certificates against declared embedded emissions.

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