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G-SII buffer

CRD IV
the own funds that are required to be maintained in accordance with Article 131(4)

gambling service

Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR)
a service which involves wagering a stake with monetary value in games of chance, including those with an element of skill, such as lotteries, casino games, poker games and betting transactions that are provided at a physical location, or by any means at a distance, by electronic means or any other technology for facilitating communication, and at the individual request of a recipient of services

gambling services

Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD4)
a service which involves wagering a stake with monetary value in games of chance, including those with an element of skill such as lotteries, casino games, poker games and betting transactions that are provided at a physical location, or by any means at a distance, by electronic means or any other technology for facilitating communication, and at the individual request of a recipient of services

gas derivative

Gas Directive
a financial instrument specified in points 5, 6 or 7 of Section C of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments (13), where that instrument relates to natural gas

gas engine

Industrial Emissions Directive
an internal combustion engine which operates according to the Otto cycle and uses spark ignition or, in case of dual fuel engines, compression ignition to burn fuel

gas family

Gas Appliances Regulation
a group of gaseous fuels with similar burning behaviour linked together by a range of Wobbe indices

gas group

Gas Appliances Regulation
a specified range of Wobbe indices within that of the gas family concerned

gas supply contract 2 definitions

Gas Directive
a contract for the supply of natural gas, but does not include a gas derivative
Security of Gas Supply Regulation
gas supply contract as defined in point 34 of Article 2 of Directive 2009/73/EC

gas turbine

Industrial Emissions Directive
any rotating machine which converts thermal energy into mechanical work, consisting mainly of a compressor, a thermal device in which fuel is oxidised in order to heat the working fluid, and a turbine

gaseous fuel

Gas Appliances Regulation
any fuel which is in a gaseous state at a temperature of 15 °C under an absolute pressure of 1 bar

gaseous fuel system

Two- or Three-Wheel Vehicles Type-Approval Regulation
a system composed of gaseous fuel storage, fuel supply, metering and control components fitted to an engine in order to allow the engine to run on LPG, CNG or hydrogen as a mono-fuel, bi-fuel or multi-fuel application

gaseous pollutant

Two- or Three-Wheel Vehicles Type-Approval Regulation
the exhaust gas emissions of carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) expressed in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) equivalent, and hydrocarbons (HC)

gatekeeper

Digital Markets Act
an undertaking providing core platform services, designated pursuant to Article 3

gender neutral remuneration policy

Investment Firms Directive
gender neutral remuneration policy as defined in point (65) of Article 3(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU, as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/878 of the European Parliament and of the Council (20)

gender pay gap

Pay Transparency Directive
the difference in average pay levels between female and male workers of an employer expressed as a percentage of the average pay level of male workers

general air traffic

EASA Basic Regulation (Civil Aviation Safety)
all movements of civil aircraft and state aircraft carried out in conformity with the procedures of the International Civil Aviation Organization (‘ICAO’)

general authorisation

European Electronic Communications Code
a legal framework established by a Member State ensuring rights for the provision of electronic communications networks or services and laying down sector-specific obligations that may apply to all or to specific types of electronic communications networks and services, in accordance with this Directive

general binding rules

Industrial Emissions Directive
emission limit values or other conditions, at least at sector level, that are adopted with the intention of being used directly to set permit conditions

general conditions of access

Geo-blocking Regulation
all terms, conditions and other information, including net sale prices, regulating the access of customers to goods or services offered for sale by a trader, which are set, applied and made available to the public at large by or on behalf of the trader and which apply in the absence of an individually negotiated agreement between the trader and the customer

general exploration

Critical Raw Materials Act
exploration at national or regional level, not including targeted exploration

general rule

Public Passenger Transport Services Regulation
a measure which applies without discrimination to all public passenger transport services of the same type in a given geographical area for which a competent authority is responsible

general-purpose AI model

AI Act
an AI model, including where such an AI model is trained with a large amount of data using self-supervision at scale, that displays significant generality and is capable of competently performing a wide range of distinct tasks regardless of the way the model is placed on the market and that can be integrated into a variety of downstream systems or applications, except AI models that are used for research, development or prototyping activities before they are placed on the market

general-purpose AI system

AI Act
an AI system which is based on a general-purpose AI model and which has the capability to serve a variety of purposes, both for direct use as well as for integration in other AI systems

generation 4 definitions

Electricity Market Directive (recast)
the production of electricity
Electricity Regulation (recast)
generation as defined in point (37) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944
Electricity Risk-Preparedness Regulation
generation as defined in point (37) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944
Organic Farming Regulation
a group of plants constituting a single step in the line of descent of plants

generation unit

Electricity Regulation (recast)
a single electricity generator belonging to a production unit.

generic device group 2 definitions

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
a set of devices having the same or similar intended purposes or a commonality of technology allowing them to be classified in a generic manner not reflecting specific characteristics
Medical Devices Regulation
a set of devices having the same or similar intended purposes or a commonality of technology allowing them to be classified in a generic manner not reflecting specific characteristics

generic emission factor

Methane Regulation
a standardised emission factor for each type of emission source which is derived from inventories or databases, but in any case not verified by means of direct measurements

generic terms

PDO/PGI Quality Schemes Regulation
the names of products which, although relating to the place, region or country where the product was originally produced or marketed, have become the common name of a product in the Union

generic veterinary medicinal product

Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation
a veterinary medicinal product which has the same qualitative and quantitative composition of active substances and the same pharmaceutical form as the reference veterinary medicinal product, and with regard to which bioequivalence with the reference veterinary medicinal product has been demonstrated

genetic data 5 definitions

EPPO Regulation
personal data relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person and which result, in particular, from an analysis of a biological sample from the natural person in question
EU Institutions Data Protection Regulation
personal data relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person and which result, in particular, from an analysis of a biological sample from the natural person in question
Europol Regulation
all personal data relating to the genetic characteristics of an individual that have been inherited or acquired, which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that individual, resulting in particular from an analysis of a biological sample from the individual in question
GDPR
personal data relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person and which result, in particular, from an analysis of a biological sample from the natural person in question
Law Enforcement Directive
personal data, relating to the inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person which give unique information about the physiology or the health of that natural person and which result, in particular, from an analysis of a biological sample from the natural person in question

geo-spatial application

CAP Financing, Management and Monitoring Regulation
an electronic application form that includes an information technology application based on a geographic information system that allows beneficiaries to spatially declare the agricultural parcels of the holding as defined in Article 3, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and non-agricultural areas claimed for payment

geographic information system

CAP Financing, Management and Monitoring Regulation
a computer system capable of capturing, storing, analysing, and displaying geographically referenced information

geographic number 2 definitions

European Electronic Communications Code
a number from the national numbering plan where part of its digit structure contains geographic significance used for routing calls to the physical location of the network termination point
Universal Service Directive
a number from the national numbering plan where part of its digit structure contains geographic significance used for routing calls to the physical location of the network termination point (NTP)

geolocation

Deforestation Regulation
the geographical location of a plot of land described by means of latitude and longitude coordinates corresponding to at least one latitude and one longitude point and using at least six decimal digits; for plots of land of more than four hectares used for the production of the relevant commodities other than cattle, this shall be provided using polygons with sufficient latitude and longitude points to describe the perimeter of each plot of land

geothermal energy

Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of solid earth

germinal products

Official Controls Regulation
germinal products as defined in point (28) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429

global export authorisation

Dual-Use Export Control Regulation (recast)
an authorisation granted to one specific exporter in respect of a type or category of dual-use items which may be valid for exports to one or more specified end-users and/or in one or more specified third countries

global responsible smelters and refiners

Conflict Minerals Regulation
smelters and refiners located inside or outside the Union that are deemed to fulfil the requirements of this Regulation

Good clinical practice

Clinical Trials Regulation
a set of detailed ethical and scientific quality requirements for designing, conducting, performing, monitoring, auditing, recording, analysing and reporting clinical trials ensuring that the rights, safety and well-being of subjects are protected, and that the data generated in the clinical trial are reliable and robust

good condition 2 definitions

EU Taxonomy Regulation
in relation to an ecosystem, that the ecosystem is in good physical, chemical and biological condition or of a good physical, chemical and biological quality with self-reproduction or self-restoration capability, in which species composition, ecosystem structure and ecological functions are not impaired
Nature Restoration Law
as regards an area of a habitat type, a state where the key characteristics of the habitat type, in particular its structure, functions and typical species or typical species composition reflect the high level of ecological integrity, stability and resilience necessary to ensure its long-term maintenance and thus contribute to reaching or maintaining favourable conservation status for a habitat, where the habitat type concerned is listed in Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC, and, in marine ecosystems, contribute to achieving or maintaining good environmental status

good ecological potential

EU Taxonomy Regulation
good ecological potential as defined in point 23 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

good environmental status 2 definitions

EU Taxonomy Regulation
good environmental status as defined in point 5 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/56/EC
Nature Restoration Law
good environmental status as defined in Article 3, point (5), of Directive 2008/56/EC

goods 4 definitions

CBAM Regulation
goods listed in Annex I
Consumer Rights Directive
any tangible movable items, with the exception of items sold by way of execution or otherwise by authority of law; water, gas and electricity shall be considered as goods within the meaning of this Directive where they are put up for sale in a limited volume or a set quantity
Geo-blocking Regulation
any tangible movable item, with the exception of items sold by way of execution or otherwise by authority of law
Official Controls Regulation
all that is subject to one or more of the rules referred to in Article 1(2), excluding animals

goods suspected of infringing an intellectual property right

Customs Enforcement of IP Rights Regulation
goods with regard to which there are reasonable indications that, in the Member State where those goods are found, they are prima facie:

goods with digital elements

Digital Content Directive
any tangible movable items that incorporate, or are inter-connected with, digital content or a digital service in such a way that the absence of that digital content or digital service would prevent the goods from performing their functions

governance systems

CAP Financing, Management and Monitoring Regulation
the governance bodies referred to in Title II, Chapter II, of this Regulation and the basic Union requirements, including Member States’ obligations with regard to the effective protection of the financial interests of the Union referred to in Article 59 of this Regulation as well as the implementation, in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, of their CAP Strategic Plans as approved by the Commission, and the reporting system put in place for the purposes of the annual performance report referred to in Article 134 of that Regulation

governing body

AIFMD Level 2 Regulation
the body with ultimate decision making authority in an AIFM, comprising the supervisory and the managerial functions, or only the managerial function if the two functions are separated

government 2 definitions

Accounting Directive
any national, regional or local authority of a Member State or of a third country. It includes a department, agency or undertaking controlled by that authority as laid down in Article 22(1) to (6) of this Directive
Anti-Subsidy Regulation
a government or any public body within the territory of the country of origin or export

GOVSATCOM Hub

Union Space Programme Regulation
an operational centre the main function of which is to link, in a secure manner, the GOVSATCOM users to the providers of GOVSATCOM capacity and services and thereby optimise the supply and demand at any given moment

GOVSATCOM use-case

Union Space Programme Regulation
an operational scenario in a particular environment in which GOVSATCOM services are required

GOVSATCOM user

Union Space Programme Regulation
a public authority, a body entrusted with the exercise of public authority, an international organisation or a natural or legal person, duly authorised and entrusted with tasks relating to the supervision and management of' security-critical missions, operations and infrastructures

granting Member State

SIS Borders Regulation
the Member State which is considering granting or extending or which has granted or extended a residence permit or long-stay visa and which is involved in the consultation procedure with another Member State

grants under conditions

Common Provisions Regulation (2021-2027)
a category of grant subject to conditions linked to the repayment of support

greenhouse gas

EU Taxonomy Regulation
a greenhouse gas listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (70)

Greenhouse gas emissions

Effort Sharing Regulation
emissions in terms of tonnes of CO2 equivalent of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and falling within the scope of this Regulation

greenhouse gas emissions permit

EU ETS Directive
the permit issued in accordance with Articles 5 and 6

greenhouse gases 2 definitions

CBAM Regulation
greenhouse gases as specified in Annex I in relation to each of the goods listed in that Annex
EU ETS Directive
the gases listed in Annex II

grievance mechanism

Conflict Minerals Regulation
an early-warning risk awareness mechanism allowing any interested party, including whistle-blowers, to voice concerns regarding the circumstances of extraction, trade and handling of minerals in and export of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas

gross final consumption of energy 2 definitions

Energy Union Governance Regulation
gross final consumption of energy as defined in point (4) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
the energy commodities delivered for energy purposes to industry, transport, households, services including public services, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, the consumption of electricity and heat by the energy branch for electricity, heat and transport fuel production, and losses of electricity and heat in distribution and transmission

gross grant equivalent

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
the amount of the aid if it had been provided in the form of a grant to the beneficiary, before any deduction of tax or other charge

groundhandling service

EASA Basic Regulation (Civil Aviation Safety)
any service provided at aerodromes comprising safety -related activities in the areas of ground supervision, flight dispatch and load control, passenger handling, baggage handling, freight and mail handling, apron handling of aircraft, aircraft services, fuel and oil handling, and loading of catering; including the case where aircraft operators provide those groundhandling services to themselves (self-handling)

groundwater 2 definitions

EU Taxonomy Regulation
groundwater as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC
Industrial Emissions Directive
groundwater as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (24)

group 16 definitions

Accounting Directive
a parent undertaking and all its subsidiary undertakings
Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR)
a group of undertakings which consists of a parent undertaking, its subsidiaries, as well as undertakings linked to each other by a relationship within the meaning of Article 22 of Directive 2013/34/EU
BRRD
a parent undertaking and its subsidiaries
CCP Recovery and Resolution Regulation
a group as defined in point 16 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012
Covered Bonds Directive
a group as defined in point (138) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
DORA
a group as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Directive 2013/34/EU
EMIR
the group of undertakings consisting of a parent undertaking and its subsidiaries within the meaning of Articles 1 and 2 of Directive 83/349/EEC or the group of undertakings referred to in Article 3(1) and Article 80(7) and (8) of Directive 2006/48/EC
Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD4)
a group of undertakings which consists of a parent undertaking, its subsidiaries, and the entities in which the parent undertaking or its subsidiaries hold a participation, as well as undertakings linked to each other by a relationship within the meaning of Article 22 of Directive 2013/34/EU
Investment Firms Directive
a group as defined in point (11) of Article 2 of Directive 2013/34/EU
MiFID II
a group as defined in Article 2(11) of Directive 2013/34/EU
Mortgage Credit Directive
a group of creditors which are to be consolidated for the purposes of drawing up consolidated accounts, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings (20).
PDO/PGI Quality Schemes Regulation
any association, irrespective of its legal form, mainly composed of producers or processors working with the same product
PSD2
a group of undertakings which are linked to each other by a relationship referred to in Article 22(1), (2) or (7) of Directive 2013/34/EU or undertakings as defined in Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 (29), which are linked to each other by a relationship referred to in Article 10(1) or in Article 113(6) or (7) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
SRM Regulation
a parent undertaking and its subsidiaries that are entities as referred to in Article 2
SSM Framework Regulation
a group of undertakings of which at least one is a credit institution and which consists of a parent undertaking and its subsidiaries, or undertakings linked to each other by a relationship within the meaning of Article 22 of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), including any sub-group thereof
Solvency II Directive
a group of undertakings that:

group entity

BRRD
a legal person that is part of a group

group financing arrangement

BRRD
the financing arrangement or arrangements of the Member State of the group-level resolution authority

group of companies

Insolvency Regulation (recast)
a parent undertaking and all its subsidiary undertakings

group of connected clients 2 definitions

CRR
any of the following:
Investment Firms Regulation
a group of connected clients as defined in point (39) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013

group of credit rating agencies

Credit Rating Agencies Regulation
a group of undertakings established in the Community consisting of a parent undertaking and its subsidiaries within the meaning of Articles 1 and 2 of Directive 83/349/EEC as well as undertakings linked to each other by a relationship within the meaning of Article 12(1) of Directive 83/349/EEC and whose occupation includes the issuing of credit ratings. For the purposes of Article 4(3)(a), a group of credit rating agencies shall also include credit rating agencies established in third countries

group of undertakings

GDPR
a controlling undertaking and its controlled undertakings

group recovery plan

BRRD
a group recovery plan drawn up and maintained in accordance with Article 7

group resolution

BRRD
either of the following:

group resolution plan 2 definitions

BRRD
a plan for group resolution drawn up in accordance with Articles 12 and 13
SRM Regulation
a plan for group resolution drawn up in accordance with Articles 8 and 9

group resolution scheme

BRRD
a plan drawn up for the purposes of group resolution in accordance with Article 91

group supervisor 2 definitions

Investment Firms Directive
a competent authority responsible for the supervision of compliance with the group capital test of Union parent investment firms and investment firms controlled by Union parent investment holding companies or Union parent mixed financial holding companies
Solvency II Directive
the supervisory authority responsible for group supervision, determined in accordance with Article 247

group-level resolution authority 2 definitions

BRRD
the resolution authority in the Member State in which the consolidating supervisor is situated
SRM Regulation
the resolution authority in the participating Member State in which the institution or parent undertaking subject to consolidated supervision at the highest level of consolidation within participating Member States in accordance with Article 111 of Directive 2013/36/EU is established

grouped packaging

Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
packaging conceived so as to constitute a grouping of a certain number of sales units at the point of sale, irrespective of whether that grouping of sales units is sold as such to the end user or whether it serves as a means to facilitate the restocking of shelves at the point of sale or to create a stock-keeping or distribution unit, and which can be removed from the product without affecting its characteristics

guarantee agreement

InvestEU Regulation
a legal instrument whereby the Commission and an implementing partner specify the conditions for proposing financing and investment operations in order for them to be granted the benefit of the EU guarantee, for providing the EU guarantee for those operations and for implementing them in accordance with this Regulation

guarantee of origin

Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
an electronic document which has the sole function of providing evidence to a final customer that a given share or quantity of energy was produced from renewable sources

guarantee or certification mark

EU Trade Mark Directive
a trade mark which is described as such when the mark is applied for and is capable of distinguishing goods or services which are certified by the proprietor of the mark in respect of material, mode of manufacture of goods or performance of services, quality, accuracy or other characteristics, from goods and services which are not so certified

guarantee rate

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
the percentage of loss coverage by a public investor of each and every transaction eligible under the relevant State aid measure