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.
Carbon price is part of the formal vocabulary used in embedded-emissions reporting, importer obligations, and carbon-border compliance. For this glossary, the key point is understanding how the source defines the term and where that definition sits within broader compliance or data requirements.
Regulation (EU) 2023/956 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
the monetary amount paid in a third country, under a carbon emissions reduction scheme, in the form of a tax, levy or fee or in the form of emission allowances under a greenhouse gas emissions trading system, calculated on greenhouse gases covered by such a measure, and released during the production of goods;
Reference: Article 3, point 29
In practice, this term matters when mapping who is responsible for obligations, declarations, market placement, recordkeeping, or due-diligence steps within embedded-emissions reporting, importer obligations, and carbon-border compliance.
For Minespider, carbon price is best treated as a responsibility and workflow term. The important question is which actor, document, or compliance step the source is actually assigning through this definition.