- authorising authority
means the authority which is competent to examine the authorisation requests made pursuant to Article 5;
- competent authority
means a competent authority as defined in Article 2, point (7), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1938;
- contracted quantities
means the quantities of natural gas that a buyer is obligated to purchase and a seller is obligated to provide, as specified in the original supply contract, but excluding quantities arising from contractual provisions providing for quantity changes to baseline quantities, such as round-up quantities, fractional quantities, upward quantities or other volumetric modifications under the terms of the contract except for paid make-up quantities paid before 17 June 2025;
- control
means control as defined in Article 2, point (55), of Directive (EU) 2024/1788;
- country of production
means the country where the natural gas is extracted, regardless of whether that natural gas has been subsequently liquified or regasified in another country;
- customs authority
means customs authorities as defined in Article 5, point (1), of the Union Customs Code;
- deliver-or-pay provision
means a contractual provision which obliges the seller to pay a contractual fine in the case of a non-delivery of gas.’
- delivery point
means the physical or virtual location specified in a gas supply contract at which natural gas is to be delivered by a seller and received by a buyer;
- delivery schedule
means the timetable or plan agreed between the parties to a gas supply contract, specifying the quantities of natural gas to be delivered by a seller and received by a buyer over defined time intervals, including the timing, location and conditions of delivery, as set out in a supply contract or any related operational procedures;
- entry point
means an entry point as defined in Article 2, point (61), of Directive (EU) 2024/1788;
- exit point
means an exit point as defined in Article 2, point (62), of Directive (EU) 2024/1788;
- fractional quantities
means quantities of natural gas carried forward to subsequent contract years where the quantity delivered during a year is either more or less than the adjusted annual contracted quantity after adjustments;
- import
means the placing of goods under release for free circulation, within the meaning of Article 201 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the ‘Union Customs Code’);
- importer
means the natural or legal person that is the declarant as defined in Article 5, point (15), of the Union Customs Code in the relevant customs declaration, or a natural or legal person, including affiliated undertakings, that brings goods into the customs territory of the Union or otherwise places goods on the Union market;
- interconnection point
means an interconnection point as defined in Article 2, point (63), of Directive (EU) 2024/1788;
- interconnector
means an interconnector as defined in Article 2, point (39), of Directive (EU) 2024/1788;
- landlocked country
means a country that is entirely surrounded by land and has no direct access to the sea;
- LNG
means liquefied natural gas as referred to in CN code 2711 11 00;
- long-term supply contract
means a contract for the supply of natural gas, excluding natural gas derivatives, the term of which exceeds one year;
- mixtures
means mixtures of LNG volumes from different countries of origin;
- natural gas
means gas as referred to in Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes 2711 11 00 and 2711 21 00;
- natural gas in gaseous state
means natural gas as referred to in CN code 2711 21 00;
- nomination
means a nomination as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1789 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- oil
means crude oil, natural gas condensates, refinery feedstocks, additives and oxygenates, and other hydrocarbons and oil products falling under CN codes 2709 and 2710;
- paid make-up quantities
means the quantities of natural gas which a buyer is entitled or obligated to take delivery of and pay for in subsequent periods, in compliance with minimum take-or-pay requirements and in order to compensate for any shortfall in the quantities contracted but not taken in prior periods, as provided for in a long-term supply contract;
- regulatory authority
means a regulatory authority designated pursuant to Article 76(1) of Directive (EU) 2024/1788 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- round-up quantities
means quantities of natural gas added to the annual contracted quantity in a given year in order to provide for the last cargo to be rounded-up to a whole cargo;
- short-term supply contract
means a contract for the supply of natural gas, excluding natural gas derivatives, the term of which does not exceed one year;
- take-or-pay provision
means a contractual provision which obliges the buyer to take delivery of, or alternatively pay for, a specified minimum quantity of gas within a given period, regardless of whether the gas is actually received;
- upward quantities
means quantities of natural gas to be added optionally to the annual contracted quantity based on supply contracts, at the discretion of a party to a supply contract;