adopted policies and measures — policies and measures for which an official government decision has been made by the date of submission of the integrated national energy and climate plan or of the integrated national energy and climate progress report and there is a clear commitment to proceed with implementation (4)

advanced biofuels — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (36)

agricultural biomass — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (30)

biofuels — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (35)

biogas — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (33)

bioliquids — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (34)

biomass — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (29)

biomass fuels — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (32)

building — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (59)

cogeneration — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (58)

distribution system operator — ‘distribution system operator’ as defined in point (6) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/72/EC and in point (6) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/73/EC (54)

district cooling — district heating or district cooling as defined in point (19) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (27)

district heating — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (27)

early efforts — in the context of the assessment of a potential gap between the Union's 2030 target for energy from renewable sources and the collective contributions of Member States, a Member State's achievement of a share of energy from renewable sources above its national binding target for 2020 as set out in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2018/2001 or a Member State's early progress towards its national binding target for 2020; in the context of Commission recommendations based on the assessment pursuant to point (b) of Article 29(1) with regard to energy from renewable sources, a Member State's early implementation of its contribution to the Union's binding target of at least 32 % of renewable energy in 2030 as measured against its national reference points for renewable energy (20)

energy distributor — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (53)

energy efficiency — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (44)

energy efficiency first — taking utmost account in energy planning, and in policy and investment decisions, of alternative cost-efficient energy efficiency measures to make energy demand and energy supply more efficient, in particular by means of cost-effective end-use energy savings, demand response initiatives and more efficient conversion, transmission and distribution of energy, whilst still achieving the objectives of those decisions (18)

energy efficiency improvement — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (46)

energy from renewable sources — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (22)

energy management system — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (49)

energy performance contracting — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (57)

energy savings — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (45)

energy service — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (47)

energy service provider — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (56)

existing policies and measures — implemented policies and measures and adopted policies and measures (2)

final energy consumption — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (43)

food and feed crops — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (39)

forest biomass — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (31)

fossil fuel — non-renewable carbon-based energy sources such as solid fuels, natural gas and oil (62)

gross final consumption of energy — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (23)

heat pump — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (61)

implemented policies and measures — policies and measures for which one or more of the following applies at the date of submission of the integrated national energy and climate plan or of the integrated national energy and climate progress report: directly applicable Union or national law is in force, one or more voluntary agreements have been established, financial resources have been allocated, human resources have been mobilised (3)

implementing public authority — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (51)

indicator — a quantitative or qualitative factor or variable that contributes to better understanding progress in implementing (13)

individual action — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (52)

key indicators — the indicators for the progress made with regard to the five dimensions of the Energy Union as proposed by the Commission Article 2

ligno-cellulosic material — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (40)

national inventory system — a system of institutional, legal and procedural arrangements established within a Member State for estimating anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases, and for reporting and archiving inventory information (12)

nearly zero-energy building — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (60)

obligated party — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (50)

planned policies and measures — options that are under discussion and that have a realistic chance of being adopted and implemented after the date of submission of the integrated national energy and climate plan or of the integrated national energy and climate progress report (5)

policies and measures — all instruments which contribute to meeting the objectives of the integrated national energy and climate plans and/or to implement commitments under points (a) and (b) of Article 4(2) of the UNFCCC, which may include those that do not have the limitation and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions or change in the energy system as a primary objective (1)

primary energy consumption — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (42)

projections — forecasts of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks or developments of the energy system, including at least quantitative estimates for a sequence of four future years ending with 0 or 5 immediately following the reporting year (7)

projections with additional measures — projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks or developments of the energy system that encompass the effects, in terms of greenhouse gas emission reductions, of policies and measures which have been adopted and implemented to mitigate climate change or meet energy objectives, as well as policies and measures which are planned for that purpose (10)

projections with measures — projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks that encompass the effects, in terms of greenhouse gas emission reductions or developments of the energy system, of policies and measures that have been adopted and implemented (9)

projections without measures — projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks that exclude the effects of all policies and measures which are planned, adopted or implemented after the year chosen as the starting point for the relevant projection (8)

quality assurance — a planned system of review procedures to ensure that data quality objectives are met and that the best possible estimates and information are reported to support the effectiveness of the quality control programme and to assist Member States (16)

quality control — a system of routine technical activities to measure and control the quality of the information and estimates compiled with the purpose of ensuring data integrity, correctness and completeness, identifying and addressing errors and omissions, documenting and archiving data and other material used, and recording all quality assurance activities (17)

recycled carbon fuels — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (37)

regional cooperation — cooperation between two or more Member States engaged in a partnership covering one or more of the five dimensions of the Energy Union (21)

renewable energy — energy from renewable sources or renewable energy as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (22)

renewable energy community — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (26)

repowering — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (25)

residue — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (41)

retail energy sales company — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (55)

SET-Plan — the Strategic Energy Technology Plan as set out in the Commission communication of 15 September 2015, entitled, ‘Towards an Integrated Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan: Accelerating the European Energy System Transformation’ (19)

starch-rich crops — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (38)

support scheme — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (24)

system for policies and measures and projections — a system of institutional, legal and procedural arrangements established for reporting policies and measures and projections relating to anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases and to the energy system, inter alia as required by Article 39 (6)

technical corrections — adjustments to the national greenhouse gas inventory estimates made in the context of the review carried out pursuant to Article 38 when the submitted inventory data are incomplete or are prepared in a way that is not consistent with relevant international or Union rules or guidelines and that are intended to replace originally submitted estimates (15)

the Union's 2030 targets for energy and climate — the Union-wide binding target of at least 40 % domestic reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions as compared to 1990 to be achieved by 2030, the Union-level binding target of at least 32 % for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030, the Union-level headline target of at least 32,5 % for improving energy efficiency in 2030, and the 15 % electricity interconnection target for 2030 or any subsequent targets in this regard agreed by the European Council or by the European Parliament and by the Council for 2030 (11)

total useful floor area — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (48)

waste — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (28)