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CBAM embedded-emissions data calculated from primary production-process evidence rather than default proxy values.
The CBAM-authorised actor responsible for lodging CBAM declarations and surrendering certificates, distinct from the customs declarant by default.
The qualifying third-country carbon cost that may be recognised against CBAM exposure when linked to covered emissions from production.
The electronic CBAM unit surrendered against embedded-emissions quantities; it is not a verification, product, or supplier certificate.
The Member State authority designated under CBAM Article 11 to administer specified CBAM functions.
The Member State customs administrations and empowered authorities that apply customs legislation in import workflows.
The person formally tied to a customs declaration for release for free circulation in the CBAM import workflow.
The Union customs-space boundary used to decide where UCC customs rules and CBAM import logic apply.
A CBAM fallback emissions value used when actual, supplier-specific evidence is unavailable or unusable.
CBAM emissions released by the relevant production processes of covered goods, distinct from facility-wide or corporate emissions totals.
The customs registration identifier assigned after registration for customs purposes under the UCC framework used by CBAM.
The CBAM emissions quantity attached to covered goods, combining direct production-process emissions and relevant electricity-related indirect emissions under CBAM methods.
The release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from the production of goods in the CBAM production context.
The CBAM actor-eligibility condition based on residence, registered office, headquarters, or permanent business establishment in a Member State.
The Union greenhouse gas emissions trading system that provides the carbon-market reference context for CBAM.
The EU ETS allowance reference used by CBAM when pricing certificates against carbon-market values.
The items in scope of a legal regime, with meaning shaped by the source rather than ordinary commercial language alone.
The CBAM-relevant greenhouse gases specified in Annex I for each covered goods category.
The CBAM customs event of release for free circulation, not merely physical shipment into Europe.
An EU-established actor that places a product from a third country on the Union market under ESPR, with related source-specific meanings in battery and trade rules.
CBAM electricity-related emissions for electricity consumed during production processes of covered goods.
The CBAM facility anchor: a stationary technical unit where a production process is carried out.
A source-specific role term: under EUDR, the market/export actor; under CBAM, the installation-control actor.
An EUDR legal-subject term covering natural persons, legal persons, and certain associations with capacity to perform legal acts.
The chemical and physical processes carried out to produce goods in an installation under CBAM.
The CBAM compliance-settlement action of offsetting certificates against declared embedded emissions.
The carbon-dioxide-equivalent unit used to express greenhouse-gas quantities under CBAM.