congestion — a situation in which an interconnection linking national transmission networks cannot accommodate all physical flows resulting from international trade requested by market participants, because of a lack of capacity of the interconnectors and/or the national transmission systems concerned (c)

cross-border flow — a physical flow of electricity on a transmission network of a Member State that results from the impact of the activity of producers and/or consumers outside that Member State on its transmission network (b)

declared export — the dispatch of electricity in one Member State on the basis of an underlying contractual arrangement to the effect that the simultaneous corresponding take-up (declared import) of electricity will take place in another Member State or a third country (d)

declared import — the take-up of electricity in a Member State or a third country simultaneously with the dispatch of electricity (declared export) in another Member State (f)

declared transit — a circumstance where a declared export of electricity occurs and where the nominated path for the transaction involves a country in which neither the dispatch nor the simultaneous corresponding take-up of the electricity will take place (e)

interconnector — a transmission line which crosses or spans a border between Member States and which connects the national transmission systems of the Member States 1.

new interconnector — an interconnector not completed by 4 August 2003 (g)

regulatory authorities — the regulatory authorities referred to in Article 35(1) of Directive 2009/72/EC (a)