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A

  • accreditation

    A regulatory term referring to accreditation as defined in Article 2, point (10), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.

  • active material

    A regulatory term referring to a material which reacts chemically to produce electric energy when the battery cell discharges or to store electric ener.

  • actual emissions

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

  • adverse environmental impact

    A regulatory term referring to an adverse impact on the environment resulting from the breach of the prohibitions and obligations listed in Part I.

  • adverse human rights impact

    A regulatory term referring to an impact on persons resulting from: (i) an abuse of one of the human rights listed in Part I, Section 1.

  • adverse impact

    A regulatory term referring to an adverse environmental impact or adverse human rights impact.

  • agricultural plantation

    A regulatory term referring to land with tree stands in agricultural production systems, such as fruit tree plantations, oil palm plantations.

  • agricultural use

    A regulatory term referring to the use of land for the purpose of agriculture, including for agricultural plantations and set-aside agricultural areas.

  • appliance

    A regulatory term referring to any electrical or electronic equipment, as defined in Article 3(1), point (a), of Directive 2012/19/EU.

  • appropriate measures

    A regulatory term referring to measures that are capable of achieving the objectives of due diligence by effectively addressing adverse impacts in a ma.

  • area of concern

    A regulatory term referring to aspect of the natural environment, human health or resources of interest to society.

  • authorised CBAM declarant

    The actor recognized under CBAM as authorized to make the required declarations for covered imports.

  • authorised representative

    A cross-regulation actor term for a person or entity mandated to act on behalf of another economic actor under specified legal conditions.

  • authorised representative for extended producer responsibility

    A regulatory term referring to a natural or legal person established in a Member State in which the producer places batteries on the market and which i.

B

  • battery

    A device delivering electrical energy through direct conversion of chemical energy, as defined in the EU Battery Regulation.

  • battery cell

    The electrochemical unit within a battery, defined differently across EU battery law and U.S. manufacturing-credit rules.

  • battery due diligence

    A regulatory term referring to the obligations of an economic operator in relation to its management system, risk management.

  • battery management system

    The system that monitors, controls, or manages battery operation, performance, and related data functions.

  • battery manufacturing waste

    A regulatory term referring to the materials or objects rejected during the battery manufacturing process.

  • battery model

    A regulatory term referring to a version of a battery all units of which share the same technical characteristics relevant for the requirements of this.

  • battery module

    An intermediate battery assembly whose legal meaning differs between EU battery law and U.S. manufacturing-credit rules.

  • battery pack

    A regulatory term referring to any set of battery cells or modules that are connected together or encapsulated within an outer casing.

  • battery passport

    An electronic record for certain batteries that combines model-level and individual-battery information for transparency, traceability, and lifecycle use.

  • battery passport service / battery passport platform

    A concept family for the service or platform layer used to operate, host, and deliver battery-passport data workflows.

  • battery presenting a risk

    A regulatory term referring to a battery which has the potential to have adverse effects on human health or the safety of persons.

  • battery with external storage

    A regulatory term referring to a battery that is specifically designed to have its energy stored exclusively in one or more attached external devices.

  • biogenic carbon

    A regulatory term referring to carbon derived from biomass (3.1.7.1).

  • biomass

    A regulatory term referring to material of biological origin.

  • business partner

    A regulatory term referring to an entity: (i) with which the company has a commercial agreement related to the operations.

  • business relationship

    A regulatory term referring to the relationship of a company with a business partner.

C

  • capacity

    A regulatory term referring to with respect to any battery, the quantity of electricity which the battery is capable of storing.

  • carbon dioxide equivalent

    A regulatory term referring to unit for comparing the radiative forcing of a GHG (3.1.2.1) to that of carbon dioxide.

  • carbon footprint

    A cross-source term for greenhouse-gas emissions associated with a product system, whose exact legal framing varies by source.

  • carbon footprint of a product

    A regulatory term referring to sum of GHG emissions (3.1.2.5) and GHG removals (3.1.2.6) in a product system (3.1.3.2).

  • carbon footprint of a product – product category rules

    A regulatory term referring to set of specific rules.

  • carbon footprint of a product performance tracking

    A regulatory term referring to comparing the CFP (3.1.1.1) or the partial CFP (3.1.1.2) of one specific product (3.1.3.1) of the same organization (3.1.

  • carbon footprint of a product study

    A regulatory term referring to all activities that are necessary to quantify and report a CFP (3.1.1.1) or a partial CFP (3.1.1.2).

  • carbon footprint of a product study report

    A regulatory term referring to report that documents the CFP study (3.1.1.4), presents the CFP (3.1.1.1) or partial CFP (3.1.1.2).

  • carbon footprint of a product systematic approach

    A regulatory term referring to set of procedures to facilitate the quantification of the CFP (3.1.1.6) for two or more products (3.1.3.1) of the same o.

  • carbon offsetting

    A regulatory term referring to mechanism for compensating for all or a part of the CFP (3.1.1.1) or the partial CFP (3.1.1.2) through the prevention of.

  • 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.

  • CBAM certificate

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

  • CE marking

    The marking used to indicate that a product meets applicable EU requirements under the relevant legal framework.

  • centralized-storage recycling service outlet

    A China draft-guideline term for a recycling service outlet with larger dedicated storage capacity and more complete facilities for longer-term waste power battery storage.

  • certification scheme

    A regulatory term referring to a third-party verification scheme that certifies that a product, process or business complies with certain requirements.

  • chain of activities

    A regulatory term referring to (i) activities of a companys upstream business partners related to the production of goods or the provision of services.

  • class of performance

    A regulatory term referring to a range of performance levels in relation to one or more product parameters referred to in Annex I.

  • co-product

    A regulatory term referring to any of two or more products (3.1.3.1) coming from the same unit process (3.1.3.6) or product system (3.1.3.2).

  • collection-type recycling service outlet

    A China draft-guideline term for a recycling service outlet that can temporarily store waste power batteries using dedicated storage space and basic facilities.

  • commercial guarantee of durability

    A regulatory term referring to a producers commercial guarantee of durability as referred to in Article 17 of Directive (EU) 2019/771.

  • company

    A regulatory term referring to any of the following: (i) a legal person constituted as one of the legal forms listed in Annexes I and II to Directive 2.

  • competent authority

    A regulatory term referring to the authority designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 11.

  • component

    A regulatory term referring to a product intended to be incorporated into another product.

  • comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries

    A regulatory term referring to 对废旧动力电池进行拆解、破碎、分选、冶炼等处理,进行资源化利用的活动。.

  • conflict-affected and high-risk areas

    A regulatory term referring to conflict-affected and high-risk areas as defined in Article 2, point (f), of Regulation (EU) 2017/821.

  • conformity assessment

    The process used to determine whether a product satisfies applicable legal or technical requirements.

  • conformity assessment body

    An organization that performs conformity-assessment activities under the applicable legal framework.

  • consumable

    A regulatory term referring to any component of a good that is used up recurrently and that needs to be replaced or replenished for the good to functio.

  • consumer product

    A regulatory term referring to any product, excluding components and intermediate products, primarily intended for consumers.

  • continental shelf

    A regulatory term referring to a continental shelf as defined in Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

  • country of origin

    A regulatory term referring to a country or territory as referred to in Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.

  • country of production

    A regulatory term referring to the country or territory where the relevant commodity or the relevant commodity used in the production of.

  • critical review

    A regulatory term referring to activity intended to ensure consistency between the CFP study (3.1.1.4) and the principles and requirements of this docu.

  • customer

    A regulatory term referring to a natural or legal person that purchases.

  • customs authorities

    A regulatory term referring to the customs administrations of Member States as defined in Article 5, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.

  • customs declarant

    A regulatory term referring to a declarant as defined in Article 5, point (15).

  • customs territory of the Union

    A regulatory term referring to the territory defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.

  • cut-off criteria

    A regulatory term referring to specification of the amount of material or energy flow or the level of significance of GHG emissions (3.1.2.5) associate.

D

  • data carrier

    A regulatory term referring to a linear barcode symbol.

  • dealer

    A cross-source market actor term whose role depends on whether the source is focused on product supply or vehicle-credit eligibility.

  • declared unit

    A regulatory term referring to quantity of a product (3.1.3.1) for use as a reference unit in the quantification of a partial CFP (3.1.1.2).

  • default value

    A regulatory term referring to a value, which is calculated or drawn from secondary data, which represents the embedded emissions in goods.

  • deforestation

    A regulatory term referring to the conversion of forest to agricultural use, whether human-induced or not.

  • deforestation-free

    A regulatory term referring to (a) that the relevant products contain, have been fed with or have been made using.

  • destruction

    A regulatory term referring to the intentional damaging or discarding of a product as waste with the exception of discarding for the sole purpose of de.

  • digital product passport

    A product-specific digital data set that carries the information required by the applicable ESPR framework.

  • digital product passport service provider

    A service provider involved in supporting the infrastructure or operation of a digital product passport under the relevant framework.

  • direct emissions

    A regulatory term referring to emissions from the production processes of goods.

  • direct land use change

    A regulatory term referring to change in the human use of land within the relevant boundary.

  • distance contracts

    A regulatory term referring to distance contracts as defined in Article 2, point (7), of Directive 2011/83/EU.

  • distance selling

    A regulatory term referring to the offer for sale, hire or hire purchase of products, online or through other means of distance sales.

  • distributor

    A market actor that makes a product available downstream without necessarily being the manufacturer or importer.

  • durability

    A product-performance concept describing how long a product or component can continue functioning as intended.

  • dynamic data

    Digital information that changes frequently over time, especially as products or batteries are used and updated.

E

  • ecodesign

    A regulatory term referring to the integration of environmental sustainability considerations into the characteristics of a product and the processes t.

  • ecodesign requirement

    A regulatory term referring to a performance requirement or an information requirement aimed at making a product.

  • economic operator

    A broad legal category covering one or more market actors involved in supplying products within a regulated framework.

  • Economic Operators Registration and Identification number (EORI number)

    A regulatory term referring to the number assigned by the customs authority when the registration for customs purposes has been carried out in accordan.

  • electric vehicle

    A Canada regulatory term for a vehicle powered solely by an electric motor using rechargeable stored electricity and no on-board combustion engine-generator system.

  • electric vehicle battery

    A regulatory term referring to a battery that is specifically designed to provide electric power for traction in hybrid or electric vehicles of categor.

  • electrode active material

    A U.S. 45X battery-manufacturing term covering cathode, anode, foil, and other electrochemically active materials used for energy storage.

  • elementary flow

    A regulatory term referring to material or energy entering the system being studied that has been drawn from the environment without previous human tra.

  • eligible entity

    A regulatory term referring to with respect to the vehicle for which the credit is allowed under subsection (a).

  • embedded emissions

    A regulatory term referring to direct emissions released during the production of goods and indirect emissions from the production of electricity that.

  • emissions

    A regulatory term referring to the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from the production of goods.

  • end-of-life

    A regulatory term referring to the life cycle stage that begins when a product is discarded and ends when the waste material of the product is returned.

  • energy-related product

    A regulatory term referring to any product that has an impact on energy consumption during use.

  • environmental claim

    A non-mandatory message or representation suggesting environmental characteristics or benefits.

  • environmental footprint

    A regulatory term referring to a quantification of the environmental impacts resulting from a product throughout its life cycle.

  • environmental impact

    A regulatory term referring to any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial.

  • established in a Member State

    A regulatory term referring to (a) in the case of a natural person, any person whose place of residence is in a Member State.

  • EU ETS

    A regulatory term referring to the system for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading within the Union in respect of activities listed in Annex I to.

  • EU ETS allowance

    A regulatory term referring to an allowance as defined in Article 3, point (a).

  • exclusive economic zone

    A regulatory term referring to an exclusive economic zone as defined in Article 55 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and which has.

  • explicit capacity allocation

    A regulatory term referring to the allocation of cross-border transmission capacity separate from the trade of electricity.

F

  • final assembly

    A regulatory term referring to the process by which a manufacturer produces a new clean vehicle at, or through the use of, a plant, factory.

  • foreign entity of concern

    A regulatory term referring to foreign entity of concern (as defined in section 40207(a)(5) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18.

  • forest

    A regulatory term referring to land spanning more than 0,5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 %.

  • forest degradation

    A regulatory term referring to structural changes to forest cover.

  • fossil carbon

    A regulatory term referring to carbon that is contained in fossilized material.

  • fuel cell vehicle

    A Canada regulatory term for an electric vehicle whose electricity is produced by an electrochemical cell without fuel combustion.

  • functional unit

    A regulatory term referring to quantified performance of a product system (3.1.3.2) for use as a reference unit.

  • functionality

    A regulatory term referring to functionality as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive (EU) 2019/771.

G

  • generic environmental claim

    A regulatory term referring to any environmental claim made in written or oral form, including through audiovisual media.

  • global temperature change potential

    A regulatory term referring to index measuring the change in global mean surface temperature at a chosen point in time in response to a GHG (3.1.2.1) e.

  • global warming potential

    A regulatory term referring to index, based on radiative properties of GHGs (3.1.2.1).

  • goods

    A cross-source term for the items covered by a legal regime, with scope shaped by the source framework.

  • greenhouse gas

    A regulatory term referring to gaseous constituent of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic.

  • greenhouse gas emission

    A regulatory term referring to GHG emission.

  • greenhouse gas emission factor

    A regulatory term referring to GHG emission factor.

  • greenhouse gas removal

    A regulatory term referring to GHG removal.

  • greenhouse gases

    A regulatory term referring to greenhouse gases as specified in Annex I in relation to each of the goods listed in that Annex.

  • group of companies / group

    A regulatory term referring to a parent company and all its subsidiaries.

H

  • harmonised standard

    A regulatory term referring to a standard as defined in Article 2, point (1)(c), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012.

  • hazardous substance

    A regulatory term referring to a substance classified as hazardous pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

I

  • impact category

    A regulatory term referring to class representing environmental issues of concern to which life cycle inventory analysis (3.1.4.4) results may be assig.

  • importation

    A regulatory term referring to release for free circulation as provided for in Article 201 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.

  • importer

    A regulatory actor term for the party treated as importing a product or goods into a market under a particular legal framework.

  • in the course of a commercial activity

    A regulatory term referring to for the purpose of processing, for distribution to commercial or non-commercial consumers.

  • independent operator

    An actor outside the original manufacturer structure that may perform specified product-related activities under the relevant framework.

  • independent third-party verification

    A regulatory term referring to verification of the compliance by a company, or parts of its chain of activities.

  • Indian tribal government

    A regulatory term referring to the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community.

  • indirect emissions

    A regulatory term referring to emissions from the production of electricity which is consumed during the production processes of goods.

  • indirect land use change

    A regulatory term referring to change in the use of land which is a consequence of direct land use change (3.1.7.5).

  • industrial battery

    A regulatory term referring to a battery that is specifically designed for industrial uses.

  • industry or multi-stakeholder initiative

    A regulatory term referring to a combination of voluntary due diligence procedures, tools and mechanisms, developed and overseen by governments.

  • information requirement

    A regulatory term referring to an obligation for a product to be accompanied by information as specified in Article 7(2).

  • installation

    A regulatory term referring to a stationary technical unit where a production process is carried out.

  • intermediate product

    A regulatory term referring to a product that requires further manufacturing or transformation such as mixing.

  • intrinsic value

    A regulatory term referring to the intrinsic value for commercial goods as defined in Article 1, point (48), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446.

L

  • land use

    A regulatory term referring to human use or management of land within the relevant boundary.

  • life cycle

    The chain of stages a product passes through, from resource extraction and production to use and end-of-life treatment.

  • life cycle assessment

    A regulatory term referring to compilation and evaluation of the inputs.

  • life cycle impact assessment

    A regulatory term referring to phase of life cycle assessment (3.1.4.3) aimed at understanding and evaluating the magnitude and significance of the pot.

  • life cycle interpretation

    A regulatory term referring to phase of life cycle assessment (3.1.4.3) in which the findings of either the life cycle inventory analysis (3.1.4.4) or.

  • life cycle inventory analysis

    A regulatory term referring to phase of life cycle assessment (3.1.4.3) involving the compilation and quantification of inputs and outputs for a produc.

  • lifetime of a battery

    A regulatory term referring to the period that starts when the battery is manufactured and ends when the battery becomes waste.

  • light means of transport battery / LMT battery

    A regulatory term referring to a battery that is sealed.

M

  • maintenance

    A regulatory term referring to one or more actions carried out to keep a product in a condition where it is able to fulfil its intended purpose.

  • making available on the market

    A market-access term describing when a product is supplied for distribution, consumption, or use on a market in the course of commercial activity.

  • manufacturer

    The actor legally treated as manufacturing a product and placing it on the market under the relevant framework.

  • market coupling

    A regulatory term referring to the allocation of transmission capacity through a Union system which simultaneously matches orders and allocates cross-z.

  • market participant

    A regulatory term referring to a market participant as defined in Article 2, point (25).

  • material footprint

    A regulatory term referring to the total amount of raw materials extracted to meet final consumption demands.

  • modified adjusted gross income

    A regulatory term referring to adjusted gross income increased by any amount excluded from gross income under section 911, 931, or 933.

  • motor vehicle

    A regulatory term referring to any vehicle which is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads.

N

  • national accreditation body

    The national body responsible for accreditation functions under the relevant legal system.

  • national authority

    A regulatory term referring to an approval authority or any other authority involved in and responsible for market surveillance in a Member State in re.

  • naturally regenerating forest

    A regulatory term referring to forest predominantly composed of trees established through natural regeneration.

  • net turnover

    A regulatory term referring to (i) the net turnover, as defined in Article 2, point (5), of Directive 2013/34/EU.

  • new clean vehicle

    The vehicle category defined in U.S. tax law for eligibility under the clean vehicle credit.

  • new energy vehicle power battery

    The battery that provides energy for the power system of a new energy vehicle under the Chinese recycling measure.

  • non-compliant products

    A regulatory term referring to relevant products that do not comply with Article 3.

  • non-rechargeable battery

    A regulatory term referring to a battery that is not designed to be electrically recharged.

  • notified body

    An organization designated to perform specific conformity-assessment functions under the applicable EU framework.

O

  • online platform

    A regulatory term referring to an online platform as defined in Article 3, point (i), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.

  • open battery passport

    A Minespider-defined battery-passport approach centered on interoperability, flexible deployment, and reduced lock-in.

  • operator

    A cross-source actor term whose exact meaning depends on whether the source is focused on carbon-border compliance or deforestation due diligence.

  • organization

    A regulatory term referring to person or group of people that has its own functions with responsibilities.

  • other wooded land

    A regulatory term referring to land not classified as forest spanning more than 0,5 hectares.

P

  • parent company

    A cross-source corporate-group term for the company that controls one or more subsidiaries within the relevant legal framework.

  • partial carbon footprint of a product

    A regulatory term referring to sum of GHG emissions (3.1.2.5) and GHG removals (3.1.2.6) of one or more selected process(es) (3.1.3.5) in a product sys.

  • performance requirement

    A regulatory term referring to a quantitative or non-quantitative requirement for or in relation to a product to achieve a certain performance level in.

  • permitted facility

    A regulatory term referring to an establishment or undertaking that is permitted in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC to carry out the treatment of.

  • person

    A legal actor term whose scope depends on the source and may include natural persons, legal persons, or both.

  • person established in the Union

    A regulatory term referring to (a) in the case of a natural person, any person whose place of residence is in the Union.

  • placing on the market

    A market-entry term used to identify when a product or goods are first placed into a regulated market under the source law.

  • plantation forest

    A regulatory term referring to a planted forest that is intensively managed and meets, at planting and stand maturity.

  • planted forest

    A regulatory term referring to forest predominantly composed of trees established through planting and/or deliberate seeding.

  • plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

    A Canada regulatory term for a hybrid electric vehicle whose energy storage system can be recharged from an off-board electric source.

  • portable battery

    A regulatory term referring to a battery that is sealed, weighs 5 kg or less.

  • portable battery of general use

    A regulatory term referring to a portable battery, whether or not rechargeable.

  • premature obsolescence

    A regulatory term referring to a product design feature or subsequent action or omission resulting in the product becoming non-functional or performing.

  • preparation for re-use

    A regulatory term referring to preparing for re-use as defined in Article 3, point (16), of Directive 2008/98/EC.

  • preparation for recycling

    A regulatory term referring to the treatment of waste batteries prior to any recycling process, including, inter alia, the storage.

  • preparation for repurposing

    A regulatory term referring to any operation, by which a waste battery, or parts thereof.

  • primary data

    A regulatory term referring to quantified value of a process (3.1.3.5) or an activity obtained from a direct measurement or a calculation based on dire.

  • primary forest

    A regulatory term referring to naturally regenerated forest of native tree species.

  • process

    A regulatory term referring to set of interrelated or interacting activities that transforms inputs into outputs.

  • produced

    A regulatory term referring to grown, harvested, obtained from or raised on relevant plots of land or, as regards cattle, on establishments.

  • producer

    A regulatory actor term used to identify which entity is treated as responsible under a given legal regime.

  • producer responsibility organisation

    A regulatory term referring to a legal entity that financially or financially and operationally organises the fulfilment of extended producer responsib.

  • product

    A cross-source term for the item being regulated, assessed, or measured, with scope that depends on the source.

  • product category

    A regulatory term referring to group of products (3.1.3.1) that can fulfil equivalent functions.

  • product category rules

    A regulatory term referring to set of specific rules.

  • product group

    A regulatory term referring to a set of products that serve similar purposes and are similar in terms of use, or have similar functional properties.

  • product presenting a risk

    A regulatory term referring to a product that.

  • product presenting a serious risk

    A regulatory term referring to a product presenting a risk for which, based on an assessment.

  • product system

    A regulatory term referring to collection of unit processes (3.1.3.6) with elementary flows (3.1.3.10) and product flows.

  • production processes

    A regulatory term referring to the chemical and physical processes carried out to produce goods in an installation.

  • professional repairer

    A regulatory term referring to a natural or legal person that provides professional repair or maintenance services for a product.

  • provider of an online marketplace

    A regulatory term referring to a provider of an intermediary service using an online interface which allows customers to conclude distance contracts wi.

  • putting into service

    A legal trigger term for when a product is first made available for its intended use under the applicable framework.

Q

  • QR code

    A regulatory term referring to a machine-readable matrix code that links to information as required by this Regulation.

  • qualified manufacturer

    A regulatory term referring to any manufacturer (within the meaning of the regulations prescribed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection.

  • quantification of the carbon footprint of a product

    A regulatory term referring to activities that result in the determination of a CFP (3.1.1.1) or apartial CFP (3.1.1.2).

R

  • rechargeable battery

    A regulatory term referring to a battery that is designed to be electrically recharged.

  • recognised excellent environmental performance

    A regulatory term referring to environmental performance compliant with Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council or wit.

  • recycler

    A regulatory term referring to any natural or legal person who carries out recycling in a permitted facility.

  • recycling efficiency

    A regulatory term referring to the ratio, expressed as a percentage.

  • recycling service outlet

    A China draft-guideline term for a site used to hold waste power batteries during collection, classification, storage, packaging, and related handling processes.

  • reference flow

    A regulatory term referring to measure of the inputs to or outputs from processes (3.1.3.5) in a given product system (3.1.3.2) required to fulfil the.

  • refurbishment

    A regulatory term referring to actions carried out to prepare, clean, test, service and, where necessary.

  • relevant commodities

    A regulatory term referring to cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood.

  • relevant products

    A regulatory term referring to products listed in Annex I that contain, have been fed with or have been made using relevant commodities.

  • reliability

    A regulatory term referring to the probability that a product functions as required under given conditions for a given duration without an occurrence w.

  • remanufacturing

    A cross-source term for returning a used product or battery-related item to a renewed functional state under the relevant framework.

  • remediation

    A regulatory term referring to restoration of the affected person or persons.

  • repair

    A regulatory term referring to one or more actions carried out to return a defective product or waste to a condition where it fulfils its intended purp.

  • reparability score

    A regulatory term referring to a score expressing the capacity of a good to be repaired, based on harmonised requirements established at Union level.

  • repurposing

    A regulatory term referring to any operation that results in a battery, that is not a waste battery.

  • risk factors

    A regulatory term referring to facts, situations or circumstances that relate to the severity and likelihood of an adverse impact.

S

  • secondary data

    A regulatory term referring to data which do not fulfil the requirements for primary data (3.1.6.1).

  • self-regulation measure

    A regulatory term referring to a voluntary agreement or a code of conduct, concluded by economic operators on their own initiative.

  • sensitivity analysis

    A regulatory term referring to systematic procedures for estimating the effects of the choices made regarding methods and data on the outcome of a CFP.

  • service life

    A regulatory term referring to period of time during which a product (3.1.3.1) in use meets or exceeds the performance requirements.

  • severe adverse impact

    A regulatory term referring to an adverse impact that is especially significant on account of its nature.

  • severity of an adverse impact

    A regulatory term referring to the scale, scope or irremediable character of the adverse impact, taking into account the gravity of an adverse impact.

  • site-specific data

    A regulatory term referring to primary data obtained within the product system (3.1.3.2).

  • SME

    A regulatory term referring to a micro, small or a medium-sized undertaking, irrespective of its legal form, that is not part of a large group.

  • software update

    A software change or release relevant to product functionality, durability, or consumer expectations under the applicable framework.

  • stakeholders

    A regulatory term referring to the companys employees, the employees of its subsidiaries, trade unions and workers representatives.

  • starting, lighting and ignition battery / SLI battery

    A regulatory term referring to a battery that is specifically designed to supply electric power for starting, lighting.

  • state of charge

    A regulatory term referring to the available energy in a battery expressed as a percentage of its rated capacity as declared by the manufacturer.

  • state of health

    A regulatory term referring to a measure of the general condition of a rechargeable battery and its ability to deliver the specified performance compar.

  • stationary battery energy storage system

    A regulatory term referring to an industrial battery with internal storage that is specifically designed to store from and deliver electric energy to t.

  • subsidiary

    A cross-source company-structure term for an entity controlled by another company under the relevant framework.

  • substance of concern

    A regulatory term referring to a substance that: (a) meets the criteria laid down in Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and is identified in ac.

  • supply chain

    A cross-source term describing the upstream or linked activities involved in producing and moving a product.

  • surrender

    A regulatory term referring to offsetting of CBAM certificates against the declared embedded emissions in imported goods or against the embedded emissi.

  • sustainability label

    A regulatory term referring to any voluntary trust mark, quality mark or equivalent, either public or private.

  • system boundary

    The defined limit around what is included and excluded in a lifecycle or carbon-footprint model.

T

  • technical specification

    A technical specification used to describe, assess, or support product requirements under the relevant framework.

  • technical specifications

    The technical specifications applicable under the battery-regulation framework for assessing or describing relevant product requirements.

  • third country

    A country outside the relevant legal or regional system, as understood by the source framework.

  • tonne of CO2e

    The unit used to express carbon-dioxide-equivalent greenhouse-gas quantities in the relevant framework.

  • traceability

    The ability to follow products, materials, or data through relevant stages of a supply chain or lifecycle.

  • trader

    An actor that trades in-scope products or commodities under the legal definition used by EUDR.

  • treatment

    The processing or handling steps applied to a battery or waste stream under the relevant legal framework.

U

  • ultimate parent company

    The top controlling company in a corporate group under the relevant legal framework.

  • uncertainty

    The quantified or recognized degree of uncertainty associated with a calculated result or dataset.

  • Union harmonisation legislation

    A regulatory term referring to any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products.

  • unique facility identifier

    A unique identifier assigned to a facility so it can be reliably distinguished in the relevant regulatory system.

  • unique identifier

    A unique identifier used to distinguish the relevant object or record within the battery-regulation framework.

  • unique operator identifier

    A unique identifier used to distinguish a particular operator within the relevant regulatory or data system.

  • unique product identifier

    A unique identifier assigned to a product so it can be distinguished reliably within the relevant system.

  • unit process

    The smallest modeled process element used within a lifecycle or carbon-footprint assessment framework.

  • unsold consumer product

    A consumer product that remains unsold and is therefore relevant to rules on handling, destruction, or prevention of waste.

  • upgrading

    A product-improvement activity that enhances performance, functionality, or another relevant characteristic after initial production.

V

  • value chain

    The chain of activities and actors involved in creating, moving, using, and handling a product across its lifecycle.

  • voluntary collection point

    A collection point established on a voluntary basis for receiving batteries or related waste streams under the relevant framework.

W

  • waste

    Material or matter that is discarded or treated as waste within the relevant methodological framework.

  • waste battery

    A battery that has become waste under the legal criteria applied by the EU Battery Regulation.

  • waste management operator

    An operator involved in the management, handling, or treatment of waste within the relevant legal framework.

  • waste power battery

    A power battery that has lost its original use value and entered a waste or end-of-life context under the Chinese measure.

Z

  • zero-emission vehicle

    A Canada regulatory term for an automobile classified as an electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, or fuel cell vehicle.