unique product identifier
The ESPR product identity value that links a product, model, batch, or item to the correct digital product passport.
ESPREU Critical Raw Materials Act
Read termdata carrier
A machine-readable access layer connecting a physical product to the digital record or passport information behind it.
ESPREU Critical Raw Materials Act
Read termstrategic raw material
A CRMA material category for raw materials with high strategic importance to EU green, digital, defence, and aerospace technologies.
EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Read termcritical raw material
A CRMA policy category for raw materials with high economic importance and supply risk under the EU assessment framework.
EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Read termrecycled content
Working definition for recycled-material share in batteries, products, and permanent magnets, anchored in EU Battery Regulation, Ontario battery, and CRMA source context.
EU Battery RegulationOntario Batteries RegulationEU Critical Raw Materials Act
Read termraw materials value chain
The CRMA stage map for raw materials, covering exploration, extraction, processing, and recycling rather than the full finished-product value chain.
EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Read termwaste
The EU waste-law status for a substance or object the holder discards, intends to discard, or is required to discard.
ISO 14067:2018EU Waste Framework DirectiveAustralia Recycling and Waste Reduction Act
Read termsupply risk
The CRMA assessment concept used to evaluate vulnerability of EU raw-material supply, distinct from supplier due-diligence or procurement scoring.
EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Read termraw material
The base material-identity layer in CRMA and product-passport records, before critical, strategic, recycled, or battery-specific classifications are applied.
EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Read termstrategic technologies
The CRMA technology context for key technologies instrumental to green and digital transitions, defence, and aerospace applications.
EU Critical Raw Materials Act
Read termtreatment
The waste-stage operation layer covering recovery or disposal operations and preparation before them.
EU Battery RegulationIndia Battery Waste Management RulesEU Waste Framework Directive
Read termexploration
A CRMA activity term for identifying and establishing the properties of mineral occurrences before extraction decisions are made.
EU Critical Raw Materials Act
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