Chapter I, Article 2 · Council Decision (EU) 2026/1561

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Article 2Definitions#

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions apply:

(1)‘coal’ means any of the following:

(a)hard coal, including the high and medium-ranking ‘A’ coals (sub-bituminous coals) as defined in the international codification system of coal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe;

(b)hard coal briquette;

(c)coke and semi-coke derived from hard coal;

(d)lignite, including the low-ranking ‘C’ coals (or ortho-lignites) and the low-ranking ‘B’ coals (or meta-lignites) as defined in the international codification system of coal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe;

(e)coke and semi-coke derived from lignite;

(f)oil shale;

(2)‘legal entity’ means any of the following:

(a)a natural person;

(b)a legal person created and recognised as such under Union, national or international law, which has legal personality and the capacity to act in its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations;

(c)an entity which does not have legal personality, as referred to in Article 200(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509;

(3)‘action result’ means any tangible or intangible outcome of a given action, such as data, knowledge or know-how, independent of its form or nature and of whether it can be protected, as well as any rights attached to it, including intellectual property rights;

(4)‘steel’ means any of the following:

(a)raw materials for iron and steel production;

(b)pig iron (including hot metal) and ferro-alloys;

(c)crude and semi-finished products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel (including products for reuse and rerolling);

(d)hot-finished products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel (coated or uncoated products, excluding steel castings, forgings and powder metallurgy products);

(e)end products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel (coated or uncoated);

(f)products of the first-stage processing of steel that can enhance the competitive position of the iron and steel products referred to in points (a) to (e);

(g)scrap iron and steel waste intended for recycling and reprocessing.

(5)‘valorisation’ means the use of action results in activities other than those covered by the action concerned, including deployment.