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Authority tables

Authority tables 

Authority tables (also known as Named Authority Lists or NALs are used to harmonise and standardise the codes and associated labels used in various environments (web platforms, systems and applications) and in facilitating data exchanges between the institutions involved in decision-making process and not only.

The released authority tables are also available on data.europa.eu as datasets.

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Access right

The access-right authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing the access rights or restrictions to resources. It is designed for but not limited to DCAT descriptions of datasets. This authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Accessibility

This table provides a list of options for the use of accessibility criteria for person with disabilities in the technical specifications within the domain of public procurement.

 

Accreditation decision

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Accreditation decisions provides information about the outcome of an accreditation process. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Accreditation status

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Accreditation statuses allows the determination of whether the accreditation status of an institution / programme is settled, pending review, obsolete, etc. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Accreditation type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Accreditation types allows learning opportunity providers and credential issuers to describe, in a standardised way, the quality assurance of their institution or programme, and whether or not it legally grants a license to operate. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Address type

The Address type authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary that provides the address types as used in the EU Whoiswho application. The AT gives the authority code and the English label for each concept. The Address type AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Administrative territorial unit

Administrative territorial unit (ATU) authority table is a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with various administrative territorial units of current and past EU Member States.

An administrative territorial unit is a portion of a country or other region delineated for the purpose of administration. Due to the large volume of lowest level administrative units (local authority, municipality) in certain countries, these units have not yet been fully implemented. ATU is structured by countries and contains labels in the official language(s) of the concerned country and in English.

The classification of each territorial unit can be found in the related Administrative territorial unit type authority table. 

ATU is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

ATU is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Administrative territorial unit type

The Administrative territorial unit type authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary which provides the various types of administrative territorial units within the Member States of the European Union. It is linked to the Administrative territorial unit table that provides the list of the subdivisions per country. 

The categorization of these types is based on national official information and the Committee of the Regions of the European Union has provided the translations in all official languages of the European Union. The ISO 3166-2 standard has also been used. Where there are differences in the territorial unit types and the ISO code, the legal basis of the country concerned has taken precedence. 

An administrative unit is defined for the purpose of administration with a certain degree of autonomy and is country-specific. The administrative unit refers to public administration for which the administrative law is applicable.

The administrative territorial unit types must not be confused with the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). The NUTS is delineated according to the population living in the territorial unit and is used in an economical/statistical environment. The administrative territorial unit types must not be confused with the jurisdiction territories designed for the competence area of Courts. In certain countries, the subdivisions may be the same for the administrative, economical, statistical and jurisdiction units.

This AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Applicability

This table provides a list of the options pertinent to be chosen for a matter concerning the applicability of predefined fields. It is designed for but not restricted to the context of public procurement.

Assessment type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Assessment types describes potential means to assess a person's learning achievements. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Asset classification

This classification is intended for organising knowledge organisation system (KOS) assets published by the Publications Office of the European Union ranging from controlled lists, terminologies, thesauri, models, markup schemas, ontologies and authoritative assets and other kinds of resources. The assets types are classified by their main function, being classification, sematic or data modelling, handling authoritative data, e.g.The Asset classification authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the EU on the EU Vocabularies website.

Attachment type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Attachment types consists of a list of unstructured document types which can be appended to a report. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Award criterion type

This table provides the list of rules to be taken into account for the award decisions within the in public procurement procedures. The initial values are those foreseen in the public procurement directives of 2014 (Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU).

The translations provided are those used in the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the field of public procurement.

Binding type

The Binding type authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing methods used to bind a published or unpublished document. The Binding type authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Browser
The browser table provides a list of web browsers used in web crawling. It has been developed specifically for the EU Web Preservation.
Business event

The Business event is a controlled vocabulary classifying public services related to the business events. It is supported by Core public service vocabulary application profile (CPSV-AP) and should help european public administrations to align their catalogue of services.

Buyer legal type

This table provides a list of the the type of procuring authorities within the domain of public procurement according to legislation.

COM internal consultation type
COM internal consultation type Named Authority List
COM internal event

The COM internal event authority table is a technical table for the internal use of the European Commission. It is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

COM internal procedure

Technical table for the internal use of the European Commission.

CVD contract type

The type of contract of the procurement procedure within the scope of Clean Vehicles Directive 2009/33/EC.

Capital classification
The Capital classification NAL provides possible locality statuses.
Carrier

The Carrier authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing values representing the medium on which content is stored. The Carrier authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Case report

The Case report authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary providing the different names of the case law reports of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Case report AT is used in an IMMC extension for which only one institution is the source (Court of Justice). It indicates the authority code and start-use date of each concept. The Case report AT is updated in coordination with the Court of Justice and maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Case status

The Case status authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary providing the different statuses used for a case at the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Case status AT is used in an IMMC extension for which only one institution is the source (Court of Justice). It gives the authority code and start-use date of each concept. Case status value indicates the status of the case i.e. case pending (including on-going cases, stayed cases and cases in the process of being discontinued or withdrawn); case closed.

 

The Case status AT is updated in coordination with the Court of Justice  and maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Change corrig justification

This table provides the codes and values used in case of justification of correction applied to a notice within the context of public procurement.

Claim type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Claim types includes the types of claims which may be made about a person in the context of a learning credential. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Classification levels

A statistical classification has a structure which is composed of one or several classification levels. A classification level is often characterised by a generic name for the classification items that it regroups. For instance, the NACE uses the terms "sections", "divisions", "groups" and "classes"; the Combined Nomenclature (CN) has sections, chapters, headings, HS subheadings and CN subheadings; the NUTS includes 4 levels: Level 0 (Country), level 1 (NUTS 1), level 2 (NUTS 2) and level 3 (NUTS 3). The bottom level is always the most detailed level i.e., has the most precise information (detailed values) for the variable classifying the statistical unit.

Classification levels is maintained by Eurostat and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Communication channel type
The Europass Standard List of Communication Channel Types provides a list of online information transmission media categories. OP
Communication channel usage type
The Europass Standard List of Communication Channel Usage Types provides a list of descriptors of information transmission settings. OP
Communication justification

This table provides the justification for restricting access rights to resources within the context of public procurement.

Concept status

The Concept status authority table is an internal controlled vocabulary used at the Publications Office. It provides the various statuses used in a harmonised way amongst the authority tables. Concepts with current, deprecated and retired statuses are published while the remaining statuses are related to the internal workflow. The Concept status authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Confidentiality level

The Confidentiality level authority table is a controlled vocabulary used to define the information confidentiality levels according to the European Commission Security Notice ‘Information assessment and classification’, C(2019) 1903 final, 5.3.2019.

The Confidentiality level authority table is updated based on the stakeholders’ needs. 

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Confidentiality level authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Continent

The continent authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing a list of continents. This table is an internal table at the Publications Office of the European Union derived from the country authority table.

Contract detail

This table provides a framework to represent data relating to procurement.

 

Contract nature

This table provides a list of different types of subjects and goods that  can be acquired by means of a public contract such as works, supplies and services by one or more contracting authorities from economic operators.

Corporate body

The Corporate body authority table is a controlled vocabulary which provides the varying names of EU corporate bodies for a given time span. Some other – international and national – corporate bodies are also included as far as they are used in the various systems in the Publications Office. The traceability of the chronological modifications is ensured when possible. 

The Corporate body authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Corporate body classification

The corporate-body-classification authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing types of corporate bodies. This authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union in the Metadata Registry (EU Vocabularies website). 

Correction status
The Correction status NAL provides the possible statuses of proofreading of labels and descriptions.
Countries and territories

‘Countries and territories’ is a corporate reference data asset, a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with names of countries and territories.

The corporate list provides codes and names of geospatial and geopolitical entities in all official EU languages and is the result of a combination of multiple relevant standards, created to serve the requirements and use cases of the EU institutions services. Its main scope is to support documentary metadata activities. 

The codes of the concepts included are correlated with the ISO 3166 international standard. The authority code relies where possible on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code. Additional user-assigned alpha-3 codes have been used to cover entities that are not included in the ISO 3166-1 standard. 

The corporate list contains mappings with the ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes, the Interinstitutional Style Guide codes and with other internal and external identifiers including ISO 3166-1 numeric, ISO 3166-3, UNSD M49, UNSD Geoscheme, IBAN, TIR, IANA domain.

For the names of countries and territories, the corporate list synchronises with the Interinstitutional Style Guide (ISG, Section 7.1 and Annexes A5 and A6) and with the IATE terminology database.

Membership and classification properties provide possibilities to group concepts, e.g., UN, EU, EEA, EFTA, Schengen area, Euro area, NATO, OECD, UCPM, ENP-EAST, ENP-SOUTH, EU candidate countries and potential candidates.

The corporate list ‘Countries and territories’ is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. Regular updates are foreseen based on its stakeholders’ needs.

Court type

The Court type authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary providing the classification of EU courts as well as the general three-level classification of national courts. It indicates the authority code and start-use date of each concept and gives labels in all official EU languages. The Court type AT is updated in coordination with the Court of Justice of the European Union and maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Crawler
The crawler table provides a list of programs used for web crawling designed for web archiving. It has been developed specifically for the EU Web Preservation.
Credential type

The list of Credential types describes types of European Digital Credentials for Learning, each of which is associated with an application profile of the European Learning Model (ELM). The list of Credential types is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Criterion

This table provides criteria used for public procurement procedures.

 

Currency

The Currency authority table is a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with currencies and currency subunits.

The concepts included are correlated with the ISO 4217 international standard.

The Currency authority table is updated based on the stakeholders’ needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Currency authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Customer service

This table provides a list of customer services.

 

DPS usage

This table provides a list  wether a dynamic purchasing system is involved in a procurement and, in case of central purchasing bodies, whether it can be used by buyers not listed in the notice of the Official Journal of the European Union.

Data service type

The Data service type authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing possible types of data services.It has been developed specifically for the Linked Data Solutions (LDS) project. 

The Data service type authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by the EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Data service type authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Data theme

The Data theme authority table is a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with themes used for dataset classification.

Its main scope is to support activities associated with the Data Catalog Vocabulary application profile (DCAT-AP). 

The concepts have been defined by the working group in charge of the revision of the DCAT-AP.

The Data theme authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Data theme authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Dataset status

The Dataset status authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing possible statuses for datasets. It has been developed specifically for the official portal for European data ‘data.europa.eu’. This authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Dataset type

The Dataset type authority table is a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with types of datasets.

Its main scope is to support dataset categorisation of the official portal for European data ‘data.europa.eu’.

The Dataset type authority table is updated based on the stakeholders’ needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Dataset type authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Direct award justification

This table provides the list of reasons for using a procedure which allows awarding contracts directly without the requirement of publishing a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Directory of EU legal acts

The Directory of EU legal acts authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary that contains the directories of EU legislation (Directory of European Union legislation, Directory of European Union preparatory acts, Directory of international agreements and Directory of European Union consolidated acts) which facilitate the access to EU legislation by subject. The directory of EU legal acts is structured into 20 chapters with divisions into further sub-sections as necessary. The Directory of EU legal acts AT is part of the Core Metadata used in the exchange between the institutions involved in the legal decision making process and the Publications Office of the European Union. It indicates the authority code and start-use date of each concept and gives labels in all official EU languages. The Directory of EU legal acts AT is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata Maintenance Committee (IMMC) and maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Directory of legal acts is accessible at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/browse/directories/legislation.html

Dissemination status

The Dissemination status authority table provides values for describing the status of dissemination for content, e.g. serials, monographic series, mobile applications, podcasts, datasets. It has been developed specifically for the Cataloguing Team which manages (metadata of the) general publications. 

The Dissemination status authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs. 

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by the EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU. 

The Dissemination status authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Distribution status

The Distribution status authority table is a controlled vocabulary used to define the status of distributions of datasets described using the DCAT-AP data model. It has been developed to allow using the ADMS terms prescribed by DCAT-AP, as a controlled vocabulary. 

This authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

The Distribution status authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs. 

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU. 

The Distribution status authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Distribution type

The Distribution type authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing possible distribution types. It has been developed specifically for the official portal for European data ‘data.europa.eu’. 

The Distribution type authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Distribution type authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Document collection
This technical table provides the codes used for internal purposes in the CELLAR application.
Document identifier format

The Document identifier format authority file describes the standardised syntax of the identifiers of documents produced by the institutions of the European Union in particular. This authority file was created to be used by metadata in the AKN4EU mark-up language. It provides for each identifier marked a mapping with a standardised syntax with a decomposition into the subcomponents and for each subcomponent a meaning depending on the type of identifier. Each institution can have its own naming convention and is allowed to map it according to its own naming convention inside the text.

The Document identifier format authority file is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on EU Vocabularies website.

 

Document reference content type

This authority table lists the different types of reference documents related to the ESPD procurement procedure and in the case of notices whether they have been published at national, regional or European level.

Documentation type

The Documentation type authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing possible documentation types. It has been developed specifically for the official portal for European data ‘data.europa.eu’. This authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

EU budget amount status

This authority table provides possible statuses for amounts in the EU budget. It has been developed specifically for the EU budget as Linked Open Data project.

EU budget stage

This authority table provides possible stages of the EU budget preparatory actions and pilot projects. It has been developed specifically for the EU budget as Linked Open Data project.

EU budget status

This authority table provides possible statuses of the EU budget preparatory actions and pilot projects. It has been developed specifically for the EU budget as Linked Open Data project.

EU political leader name

The EU political leader name is a named authority list that currently contains the members of the College of Commissioners 2019-2024. The members of the College are the Commission's political leadership. The EU political leader name is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

EU programme

The EU programme authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary providing the list of programmes created and coordinated by the European Union and financially supported by the European Union or, in a few cases, by the contributions from the Member States. It has been developed specifically for the EU Budget as open linked data project. It indicates the authority code and start-use date of each concept and gives labels in all official EU languages. The EU programme AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. It is a corporate reference data asset covered by the Corporate Reference Data Management policy of the European Commission. 

Economic operator role

This table identifies the role of the economic operator in the procurement.

Economic operator size

This table provides the different categories in which the tenderers to whom a contract can be awarded are classified, according to their size (using as criteria the number of employees).

Educational credit system

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Educational credit systems distinguishes between existing and widely used European credit systems, e.g. for higher education (ECTS) and for vocational education and training (ECVET). It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Encoding level

The Encoding Level authority table provides values that indicates the fullness of the bibliographic information and/or content designation of the MARC record. The Encoding level authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Encoding type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of content encoding types provides a reference to encoding schemes used by the European Digital Credentials for Learning Infrastructure. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Entitlement status

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Entitlement statuses allows the determination of whether the entitlement awarded to learners who successfully complete a learning opportunity is actual or prospective. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Entitlement type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Entitlement types provides a list of different kinds of entitlements that a person can achieve by successfully completing a learning opportunity, e.g. to practice a profession, take advantage of a learning opportunity or join an organisation. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Entity Legal Forms

Entity Legal Forms is a code list that provides the distinct entity legal forms in a wide range of jurisdictions all over the world specifying the ELF code (Entity Legal Form Code) and the abbreviations in the local language. The author of DIGIT Entity Legal Forms is the Commission DG DIGIT and it is published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Environmental impact

This table provides the information about whether a procurement includes a process to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle.

European Qualifications Framework

The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) is an 8-level, learning outcomes-based framework for all types of qualifications that serves as a translation tool between different national qualifications frameworks. This framework helps improve transparency, comparability and portability of people's qualifications and makes it possible to compare qualifications from different countries and institutions. The European Qualifications Framework is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

European statistical classification series

This code list references the classification series used for the production of European statistics. According to the Generic Statistical Information Model (GSIM), a Classification Series is an ensemble of one or more Statistical Classifications, based on the same concept, and related to each other as versions or updates. Typically, these Statistical Classifications have the same name (for example, NACE or CPA).

Classification Series is maintained by Eurostat and disseminated by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Event

The Event authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing the events that are part of the legal decision making process. It was created in order to harmonize and to trace historically the various events triggered by an agent within the procedures and associated to a resource type. The various sources of information were extracted from Pegase and Prelex. Event is part of the Core Metadata used in the exchange between the institutions involved in the legal decision making process and the Publications Office of the European Union. It is also used by EUR-Lex. It provides an authority code, the start-use date of the concept and labels in all official EU languages. Codes in italic are deprecated and should not be used, except in the case of back-log work. Event is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC). It is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Event status

The Event status authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary that describes the status of an event in an interinstutional procedure or an internal procedure of an institution allowing therefore to distinguish aspects of the same (legal) event in time: usually events are post-factum (NORMAL), but they can be PROJECTED to happen in the future or - if that projection was revoked by the projecting stakeholder - CANCELLED. Another projection aspect is setting up a DEADLINE from another event. The Event status AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Evidence type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Evidence types consists of distinct types of supplementary document which may be included in a European Digital Credential for Learning, as an extension of the verifiable credential evidence type. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

File status

The File status authority table is a controlled vocabulary that covers various stages in the life cycle of diverse activities. Originally, it described the different stages in the life cycle of an act (or in the decision-making process of an act) from the moment it is launched until the final step is completed, to fulfil the needs of EUR-Lex. As the need arose for a generic status table, this asset has been broadened to provide stages for all kinds of products and processes. The File status authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union in the Metadata Registry (EU Vocabularies website).

File type

The File type authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing the different types of (digital) files (e.g. PDF, XML, DOC, ...). The File type authority table is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC), maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. It is a corporate reference data asset covered by the Corporate Reference Data Management policy of the European Commission.

Foreign Language Skill
The CEFR is a widely applied and recognised global framework for learning and assessment which facilitates the comparison of language curricula, syllabuses and exams. In the context of language exams, the CEFR assists assessment providers, publishers, teachers, learners and other relevant stakeholders in setting consistent content and performance standards. OP
Form type

This table provides the codes and values used for the type of forms published on TED. 

Formation of the Court

The Formation of the Court authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary showing the composition of the courts of the European Union according to the case they are seized with (Articles 251, 254 and 257 of the Treaty on Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). This AT provides an authority code, the start-use date of the concept and labels in all official EU languages. The concepts are used for the production of reports of cases before the Court and to publish case-law on the EUR-Lex site. The Formation of the Court  AT is used in an IMMC extension for which only one institution is the source (Court of Justice). It is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Framework agreement

This table provides the list of codes to distinguish the different type framework agreement involved in a tender.

Frequency

The Frequency authority table is a controlled vocabulary which provides the accrual periodicities in the 24 official languages of the European Union. It also contains concepts for ‘continuous’, ‘irregular’ or ‘unknown’ occurrences.

The Frequency authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the EU on the EU Vocabularies website.

Grade status

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Grade statuses defines the outcome of an assessment. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Grammatical alternation

The grammatical-alternation authority table is a controlled vocabulary which captures the phonological alternations based on whether the first letter of the succeeding word is a consonant or a vowel, completed with a syllable rule.  It is used for number forms in the Maltese language.

Grammatical consciousness

The grammatical-consciousness authority table is a controlled vocabulary which provides the grammatical features regarding consciousness of a substantive. It is designed to capture number form variations in the Irish language, used to enumerate human beings or things and animals.

Grammatical gender

The grammatical-gender authority table is a controlled vocabulary which provides the list of the grammatical genders in languages which have gender distinctions: "male", "female", "neuter" or "utrum". It also contains concepts for "no gender" (in languages that do not have gender distinctions) and "generic" (identical forms in languages that make gender distinctions).

The grammatical-gender authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The grammatical-gender authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Grammatical number

The grammatical-number authority table is a controlled vocabulary which provides the list of the grammatical numbers referring to different number of things or persons: "singular", "dual" or "plural". There is also a concept "generic" for forms that do not distinguish between grammatical numbers. 

The grammatical-number authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The grammatical-number authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Green Public Procurement Criteria

This table provides the information about whether a procurement procedure includes the use of established green public procurement criteria (selection criteria, technical specifications, award criteria and contract performance clauses), at national, Union or other levels, if applicable.

High-value dataset categories

List of thematic categories of high-value datasets, as set out in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information.The concepts listed in this concept scheme are representations of the data categories as set out in Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/138/oj. It is not recommended to use these data categories outside the context of legislation on the re-use of public sector information.

High-value dataset categories is maintained by Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies.

Honorific

This authority table provides the honorific titles used in addressing or referring to a person as used in the EU Whoiswho. Honorific is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Human sex

The Human sex authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing the list of human sexes. The Human sex authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Illustrative content

The Illustrative content authority table provides values describing the illustrative content that supplements the textual content. The Illustrative content authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Interinstitutional procedure

The Interinstitutional procedure authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary listing the different procedures used in the context of data exchange between the institutions involved in the legal decision-making process and the Publications Office of the European Union. It provides an authority code, the start-use date of the concept and labels in all official EU languages. The Interinstitutional procedure authority table is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata Maintenance Committee (IMMC) and maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Internal procedure

This authority table lists the different internal procedures of the institutions involved in the legislative process.

Irregularity type

This code list refers generally to the types of irregularities described in Section 2 of the Annex to the Commission Decision C(2019) 3452.

Label type

The Label type authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing the various forms of labels that are considered alternative labels in the SKOS format. Label type is an internal table at the Publications Office of the European Union.

It is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Language

The Language authority table is a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with languages. Its main scope is to support activities associated with publication process. The concepts included are correlated with the ISO 639 international standard. This standard is issued in several parts:

ISO 639-1 contains strictly two alphabetic letters (alpha-2),

ISO 639-2/B (B = bibliographic) is used for bibliographic purpose (alpha-3),

ISO 639-2/T (T = terminology) is used for technical purpose (alpha-3),

ISO 639-3 covers all the languages and macro-languages of the world (alpha-3); the values are compliant with ISO 639-2/T.

If an authority code is needed for a language without assigned ISO code, an alphanumeric code is created in order to not confuse with ISO codes that are strictly alphabetic.

Contributions to the Language authority table are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Language authority table is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC). It is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. It is a corporate reference data asset covered by the Corporate Reference Data Management policy of the European Commission.

Learning Opportunity information topic

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Learning opportunity information topics describes information topics that can be supplied about a learning opportunity and its provider. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Learning activity type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Learning activity types categorises and labels activities that learners can engage with in order to achieve pre-defined learning outcomes. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Learning opportunity type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Learning opportunity types describes potential delivery formats of organised learning. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Learning schedule type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Learning schedule types indicates intensity of learning, from light part time to full time engagement. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Learning setting type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Learning setting types provides terms to distinguish between formal learning taking place in a more organised and structured environment, and non-formal learning that is more flexible and self-paced, however still involves some form of learning support. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Legal act domain

The Legal act domain authority file lists the various abbreviations of domains such as EC, EU, Euratom and CFSP, representing the sphere of action of the European Union and its predecessors, and used for numbering of EU legal acts. These domains have changed over the years as new treaties and amendments to the Treaties have been adopted. This authority file was created to be used by EUR-Lex and Cellar. It provides an authority code, the start date and end date, if applicable, of each domain and labels in all official EU languages. 

The Legal act domain authority file is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on EU Vocabularies website. 

Legal basis

This table provides the legal basis  based on the legal acts  used for a given public procurement procedure. The table is provided by the Publications Office.

Legal date
Legal date OP
Legal proceeding

The Legal proceeding authority table (AT) presents concepts relating to different legal remedies available to an applicant before the EU Courts (Articles 260, 263, 268 and 270 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). The Legal proceeding AT is used together with the Legal proceeding result (procresult) AT. The Legal proceeding AT provides an authority code and the start-use date of each concept and labels in all official EU languages. The concepts are used for the production of reports of cases before the Court and to publish the case-law on the EUR-Lex site. The Legal proceeding AT is used in an IMMC extension for which only one institution is the source (Court of Justice). It is updated in coordination with the Court of Justice of the European Union and maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Legal proceeding result
This table presents concepts relating to the results of a case or procedure following the delivery of the decision. They are to be used together with the table of proceedings.

More detailed information can be consulted in the Rules of Procedure of these courts, available on the website of the Court of Justice of the European Union:

These concepts are used for the production of reports of cases before the Court and to publish the case-law on the EUR-Lex site: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/collection/eu-law/eu-case-law.html

The concepts are put in alphabetical order. The columns featuring can be displayed in descending or ascending order.
Legal proceeding type
This table provides the three different types of legal proceedings at the Court of Justice.
Legislative priority

The Legislative priority authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary that lists legislative priorities that are agreed between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission in the joint declarations on legislative priorities. This AT is a simple code list with non-human readable codes that provides the labels of all legislative priorities in 24 languages. It was created for the needs of the Joint Legislative Portal (JLP). The Legislative priority AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Licence

The Licence authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary listing the European Commission Reuse Notice and the European Union Public Licences. It also provides a list of standard licences available internationally, including the Creative Commons licences. It gives an authority code and labels in most official EU languages. The Licence AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Licence domain

The Licence domain authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary providing a list of domains. All values are used for encoding the classification of licences in the Licence AT. The Licence domain AT is thus a technical authority table. It is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Life Events

The Life event is a controlled vocabulary classifying public services related to the life events. It is supported by Core public service vocabulary application profile (CPSV-AP) and should help public administrations to align their catalogue of services.

Main activity

This table provides the list of main activities of the buyers.

The codes associated with contracting authorities are derived from the top level of the Classification of the functions of the government (COFOG) from the United Nations Statistics Division.

The codes associated with contracting entities are derived from sectors explicitly falling within the sectoral directive (2014/25/EU Art. 8 - Art. 14).

Measurement unit

The Measurement unit authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing units of measurement with their authority codes. The labels and symbols are given in all official EU languages. If available, the codes are based on the code list recommendation N°. 20 "Codes for Units of Measure Used in International Trade" (as revised periodically) maintained and published by UNECE through its Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT). Measurement unit is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Meeting

The Meeting authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary that lists meetings that are described and/or required by interinstitutional procedures or the rules of procedure of an institutional stakeholder. It was created to provide canonical labels in 24 languages and a set of parametrized labels that serve as templates to be completed with actual metadata (e.g. number of the meeting, date of the meeting, corporate body holding the meeting) to form the title of a specific meeting instance. The Meeting AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Membership classification

The membership-classification authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing a list of politico-economic units for classifying countries, localities or languages.  It focuses mainly on units with European relevance. This authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union in the Metadata Registry (EU Vocabularies website). 

Methods of supervision and verification

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Methods of supervision and verification provides a list of possible means by which security of assessment can be assured, such as for example ID verification and/or activity supervision. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Missing info submission

This table provides the list of codes indicating whether tenderer-related information (complete or partial) can be supplemented even after the submission deadline.

Modes of learning and assessment

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Modes of learning and assessment describes means by which learning and assessment can be carried out. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Modification justification

This table provides the main reasons for modifying a contract within the domain of public procurement.

Modification type

The Modification type authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary providing a list of modifications to a legal act resulting from the instructions in a modifying act or corrigendum. It is used by EUR-Lex and AKN4EU, among others. The Modification type AT provides an authority code and the start-use date for each concept. It is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Multilingual

The Multilingual authority table is a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with cataloguing purposes.

Its main scope is to support activities associated with publication process.

The concepts included are correlated with the need of the identification of different multilingual language combinations. 

The EU publications use two-character codes, the first two positions of the three-character authority code. The codes are alphanumeric in order to not confuse with ISO language codes that are strictly alphabetic.

The Multilingual authority table is updated based on the stakeholders’ needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Multilingual authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Non award justification

This table provides the list of reasons of the buyer for not choosing a winner in the procurement procedure.

Non publication justification

This table provides codes and values for the main reasons for not immediately publishing a notice within the context of public procurement.

Notation type

The Notation type authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing the list of notation types used in the EU Vocabularies authority tables as well as in the context of DCAT-AP (a specification based on W3C's Data Catalogue vocabulary). It indicates the authority code and start-use date of each concept. The Notation type table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

 

Notice type

This table provides a list of public procurement notices  according to procurement legislation  published once a project is approved.

 

Number
The Numbers Named Authority List (NAL) is a controlled vocabulary listing a set of cardinal and ordinal numbers in the 24 official languages of the EU.The NAL is mainly used for numbering the issues.The NAL is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata Maintenance Committee (IMMC) and maintained by the Publications Office of the EU.
Number fixed

This table provides the codes linked to fix values within the context of public procurement.

Number threshold

This table provides the codes linked to the type of threshold values within the context of public procurement.

Number type
The Number type NAL provides the grammatical distinctions of numerals. The grammar distinguishes between cardinal and ordinal numbers.
Number weight

This table provides the codes linked to the type of weight values used in award criteria within the context of public procurement.

Organisation role

This table provides the list of the different  functions of the organisations in a procurement procedure.

Organisation subrole

This table provides the list of the different  sub-functions of the organisations in a procurement procedure.

Organization type

The organisation-type authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing the various types of organizations as used in the EU Whoiswho application. This authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union in the Metadata Registry (EU Vocabularies website).

Other place service

This table provides the broad geopolitical areas linked to the location of works and the place of performance or delivery within the context of public procurement.

Permission

This table provides the codes linked to the different values of permission and/or obligation. 

Physical dimension

The Physical dimension authority table provides values describing the sizes of printing paper used or the actual physical size of a bibliographic item. The Physical dimension authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Place

The Place authority table is a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with the localities of the world. It provides authority codes that are based on UN/LOCODE codes. Place uses the classification (membership classification) and the authority codes of the Country authority table. Place also provides ISO 3166-2 codes, as well as geographical coordinates. The European capitals of culture are also included. The original name of each locality is indicated. The Corporate body authority table uses Place to identify the seat of each concept (LOC_id), and the Site authority table uses it to identify the location of each site (loc_code). Place is updated based on the stakeholders’ needs. Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by the EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU. Place is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Planned availability

The Planned availability authority table is a controlled vocabulary specifying planned availability of DCAT-AP defined resources, namely distribution, dataset and data service. The list, originally included in the DCAT-AP standard as means to describe availability of DCAT distributions, is managed by the EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office on the EU Vocabularies website. 

The Planned availability authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

 

Position grade

This table provides the function groups and grades of the staff employed by the European institutions, bodies or agencies. 

Officials and temporary agents are classed into function groups according to the nature of their duties: administrator (AD), assistant (AST), Secretary and clerk (AST/SC). 

- The AD function group comprises 12 grades corresponding to management, planning and research, scientific and linguistic functions;

- The AST function group comprises 11 grades which correspond to executive and technical functions;

- The AST/SC function group, comprises 6 grades which correspond to secretarial and clerical functions.

Contract staff is subdivided into four function groups corresponding to the duties to be performed. Each function group is subdivided into grades.

- Function group IV comprises grade 13 to 18 and preform administrative, advisory, linguistic and equivalent technical tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff.

- Function Group III comprises grade 8 to 12 and preform executive tasks, drafting, accountancy and other equivalent technical tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff.

- Function group II comprises grade 4 to 7 and preform clerical and secretarial tasks, office management and other equivalent tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff.

- Function group I comprises grade 1 to 3 and preform manual and administrative support service tasks, performed under the supervision of officials or temporary staff.

The legal framework is provided in the Staff Regulations of Officials (EUSR), ANNEX 1 "Types of posts in each function group, as provided for in Article 5(4)" (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:01962R0031-20200101) and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (CEOS). The grading of Contract Agents and Auxiliary Contract Agents is regulated in Article 80(2) of the CEOS. 

Position status

This authority table provides the position status of the staff employed by the EU institutions, bodies or agencies as used in the EU Whoiswho. 

Position type

This authority table provides the list of possible types of position of the staff employed by the EU institutions, bodies or agencies. It has been developed specifically for the EU budget as Linked Open Data project.

Procedure nature

The Procedure nature authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing a classification of procedures applicable to the adoption of legislation and other acts by the institutions of the European Union as defined by the treaties. It provides an authority code, the start-use date and a description for each concept. The Procedure nature authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

  

Procedure phase

The Procedure phase authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing phases of various decisional processes. It was originally created for AKN4EU specifications concerning documents pertaining to the ordinary legislative procedure, but it can be used for other purposes in the future, as a reference for phases of procedures of all nature – non legislative, legislative, internal, interinstitutional and judicial. It is part of the exchange between the institutions involved in the legal decision making process and the Publications Office of the European Union. It provides an authority code and the start-use date and a definition of each concept. The Procedure phase authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Procurement of innovation

This table provides the codes and values used for innovative works, supplies or services being bought.

Procurement procedure type

This table provides a list of activities leading to the conclusion of public contracts used in public procurement according to the legislation.

 

Product form

The Product form authority table provides the various product forms published at the Publications Office, mainly those related to the general publications (brochures, leaflets, …), and the EU Open Data Portal (ODP). The Product form authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Product status

The Product status authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing possible statuses of a product.It has been developed specifically for the Linked Data Solutions (LDS) project. 

The Product status authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by the EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Product status authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Production type

List of the production types and heading types is a code list used for classifying PRODCOM headings according to the combination of production types used that are reported for the product. The `Production type' indicates the concept of production.

Documentation

European Commission, Eurostat, European business statistics methodological manual for PRODCOM : 2021 edition, Publications Office of the European Union, 2022, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2785/812273

European Commission, Eurostat, European business statistics user's manual for PRODCOM : 2021 edition, Publications Office of the European Union, 2022, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2785/473101

List of the production types is maintained by Eurostat and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Public event type

The public event type table defines public events that happen at a particular place and time, are organised by an agent for a particular purpose, and are of interest to a general audience. This definition excludes natural events such as earthquakes or hurricanes. The public event type table is a controlled vocabulary under governance of DG COMM and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Publication accessibility

The Publication accessibility authority table is a controlled vocabulary which provides a list of terms describing assistive features and/or adaptations to improve the accessibility of publications for particular needs of some audiences.  The list is managed by the EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office on the EU Vocabularies website. 

The Publication accessibility  authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

Publication theme
This table provides the various themes used for the general publications also available on the EU Bookshop.
Received submission type

This table provides the list of relevant categories used to classify tenders or requests to participate received within the context of public procurement.

Regularity

The Regularity authority table is a controlled vocabulary which provides values for describing the publisher’s intention on the regularity of a given continuing resource. The concepts are based on MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data and MARC 21 codes are given as a mapping.

The Regularity authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the EU on the EU Vocabularies website.

Remedy type

This table describes the measures taken following a review.

Requirement stage

This table describes when and whether a given requirement must be provided in a procedure.

Reserved procurement

This table provides the values used to indicate wether the participation in the procurement is reserved for specific organisations.

Resource type

The Resource type authority table lists the different types of document (e.g. directive, regulation, etc.) used in the context of data exchange between the European institutions involved in the legal decision-making process. Set up in order to harmonise the various types of documents used by different systems and in the 'Core Metadata and Extension Metadata XML schemas' in particular, Resource type is part of the Core Metadata. Resource type is used together with the Event and Corporate body (Agent) authority tables: together, they define an event triggered by an agent that is associated with a resource type. The range of users has widened to include other users than only core metadata parties. Resource type is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC). It is maintained by the Publications Office of the EU and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

  

Review body type

This table covers the list of organisations providing the review of a given procedure.

Review decision type

This table describes the decision made a review body.

Role

The Role authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing the roles of persons or entities relevant for the descriptive metadata used at the Publications Office and the core metadata used in the data exchange between the institutions involved in the legal decision-making process. It is also used in EUR-Lex. Role provides an authority code and start-use date of each concept and labels in all official EU languages. Role is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC). It is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. 

 

Role nature
The Role nature NAL provides a list of values used for controlling the attribution of roles.
Role qualifier

The Role qualifier is a code list that serves as a subset or refinement of the Role controlled vocabulary. This code list can be used as a pick list to refine the various roles of persons or entities in detail. The Role qualifier is updated on request and maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Scoring

The Scoring authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing concepts that define the different scoring levels for the metadata quality assurance. It provides the name and definition of each concept. The table is based on a custom vocabulary of the European Data Portal. The Scoring authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Script

The Script authority table is a controlled vocabulary that lists concepts associated with distinctive scripts.

Its main scope is to support activities associated with publication process.

The concepts included are correlated with the ISO 15924 international standard.

Each script is instantiated according to a writing system, described in writing-system authority table.

The Script authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Script authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Selection criterion

This table provides the list of condictions that are concerned for evaluation purposes. In the domain of public procurement, selection criteria are normally based on a specific legal framework. This codelist is a subset of the ESPD codelist CriterionTaxonomy. 

Semantic technology

The Semantic technology authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing possible technologies used in the semantic web.It has been developed specifically for the Linked Data Solutions (LDS) project. It uses the acronyms of the technologies as preferred labels as these technologies are more known by the acronyms than by their long labels. The concepts are linked to their respective standards, specifications or recommendations.

The Semantic technology authority table is updated based on the stakeholders' needs.

Contributions to it are accepted following a review made by the EU Vocabularies team of the Publications Office of the EU.

The Semantic technology authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Site

The Site authority table provides the sites occupied by the various EU institutions and bodies. Site is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

 

Skill reusability level

The list of ESCO skill pillar concept reusability levels consists of four concepts, which indicate how widely a particulary ESCO knowledge, skill or competence can be applied. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Skill type

The ESCO skills pillar types, established by the multilingual classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO), distinguish between two concepts, i.e. skill/competence and knowledge. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Social objective

This table provides the values  linked to any social objective  promoted by the technical specifications, award criteria, selection criteria or contract performance conditions included in a procurement.

Strategic priority
The Strategic priority authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary listing concepts that indicate strategic priorities of an institution. It was created for listing the strategic priorities 2019-2024 of the European Commission, but it can be used to list the strategic priorities of all institutions. The table provides the name, authority code, start-use date and definition of each concept. The Strategic priority AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. OP
Strategic procurement

This table provides the information about whether a procurement aims to reduce environmental impact, fulfil social objectives and/or buy innovative works, supplies or services. These condictions are achived via either technical specifications, selection criteria, award criteria and contract terms.

Subcontracting indication

This table provides the list of codes and values used to indicate information regarding the share of parts of a contract to third parties. The share may refer to the portion of work, services or supplies and/or to the subject matter being subcontracted.

Subcontracting obligation

This table provides the list of codes and values used for the obligation of the economic operator of sharing parts of the original contract to third parties. The share may refer to the portion of work, services or supplies.

Subdivision

The Subdivision authority table is a controlled vocabulary providing the subdivisions of acts used for legal citations. It also lists the parts of the corrigenda. Subdivision is part of the Core Metadata used in the exchange between the institutions involved in the legal decision making process and the Publications Office of the European Union. It is used by Akoma Ntoso for EU, FORMEX, ELI and EUR-Lex for identifying divisions in a text. It provides an authority code and labels in all official EU languages. Subdivision is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC), maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Subdivision content

The Subdivision content authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary listing concepts that indicate specific content of text divisions. It was created by the Publications Office (OP) for the development of AKN4EU specifications, which concern documents exchanged between the EU Institutions involved in the legal decision making process and sent to OP for publication. It provides the name, authority code, start-use date and definition of each concept (English only). The Subdivision content AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Subdivision position

The Subdivision position authority table (AT) provides the possible positions in the subdivisions of acts with the respective authority codes. These positions are used for the consolidation of legislation. The Subdivision position authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Subject matter

The Subject matter authority table is a controlled vocabulary showing the concepts used for the indexation of notices published on EUR-Lex. It has also been extended to cover concepts that provide the legal framework of the European Central Bank. Subject matter is part of the Core Metadata used in the exchange between the institutions involved in the legal decision making process and the Publications Office of the European Union. It is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC), maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website. 

The subject matter classification exists in parallel with two other classifications: the Directory of European Union Legislation and EuroVoc. Differently from these, the subject matter classification is strictly aligned with the evolution of the European Union policies cited in the different treaties of the European Union that can be consulted at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/collection/eu-law/treaties.html?locale=en 

Summaries of EU legislation classification

The Summaries of EU legislation classification authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary providing the classification used in the summaries of EU legislation and introductory texts. The Summaries of EU legislation classification AT is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Supplementary Units

List of supplementary units (SU) or volume physical units is a code list used respectively in CN and PRODCOM List.

For certain goods, a supplementary quantity is provided in addition to the net mass. This quantity is expressed in a unit, which provides useful information. Supplementary units are units other than kilograms such as, for example, litres, numbers of pieces, carats, terajoules or square metres. Supplementary unit varies according to the goods.

Supplementary units is maintained by Eurostat and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Target audience

This authority table provides the target audiences used for the general publications.

Target audience age group
Target audience age group OP
Target group

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Target groups describes learner groups that a learning opportunity, and corresponding credential, is tailored and/or best suited for. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Time period

The Time-period authority table is a controlled vocabulary which lists the periods of time in the 24 official languages of the EU. It enumerates the names of the seasons, months, weekdays and the main units of time when the issues are published. It also contains concepts for ‘unlimited’ or ‘unknown’ time periods.

The Time-period authority table is maintained by the Publications Office of the EU and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.

Transport service

This table provides a list of transport services.

 

Treaty

The Treaty authority table (AT) is a controlled vocabulary listing the different EU treaties, including treaties and protocols, accession treaties, Schengen Convention and Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Treaty AT is part of the Core Metadata used in the exchange between the institutions involved in the legal decision-making process and the Publications Office of the European Union. It is also used by EUR-Lex. It provides an authority code, the start-use date of the concept and labels in all official EU languages. The Treaty AT is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata Maintenance Committee (IMMC) and maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union on EU Vocabularies website. 

Treaty classification

The  treaty-classification authority table   is a controlled vocabulary listing the types of treaties of the European Union and its predecessors. The table  provides an authority code and the start-use date of each concept.  The treaty-classification authority table is  maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union in the Metadata Registry (EU Vocabularies website).

Usage

This table provides the list of codes and values indicating the application of criteria or other concepts and information.

Use context

The Use context authority table is a controlled vocabulary listing different applications and environments that make use of the various authority tables. This table is an internal table at the Publications Office of the European Union, and is maintained on the EU Vocabularies website.

Vehicle category

The category of vehicle falling within the scope of Directive 2009/33/EC.

Verifiable Presentation Type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of verifiable presentation types describes clearly distinguishable verifiable presentation categories of EDC-compliant credential data that credential holders can share with a verifier. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Verification status

The European Learning Model list (ELM) of Verification statuses describes the potential outcomes of the digital credential authentication and verification checks. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Verification type

The European Learning Model (ELM) list of Verification types describes different verification tests that can be run on a European Digital Credential for Learning. It is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website. 

Waste categories

Waste categories are defined on the basis of the statistical European Waste Classification (EWC-Stat), which is a substance-oriented nomenclature and which has been specially created for EU waste statistics. The 51 waste categories that must be reported in waste generation include 21 hazardous waste categories and 30 non-hazardous waste categories.

Legal basis: Commission Regulation (EU) No 849/2010 of 27 September 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L 253, 28.9.2010, p. 2-41.

WASTE categories is maintained by Eurostat and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.

Website identifier

The website-identifier authority table is a controlled vocabulary which provides a list of websites (URL) included in the europa.eu domain and subdomains. It has been developed specifically for the EU Web Preservation project, but will be used also for many other purposes. The table contains reference to copyright of the websites.

Winner selection status

This table provides the list of codes and values used to indicate whether a tenderer was chosen to be awarded with a contract and whether the competition is open.

Writing system
The Writing system NAL provides the list of the main writing systems. They are differentiated depending on what a symbol represents inside the system.
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Browse content Dataset details CVD contract type
Browse content Dataset details Capital classification
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Browse content Dataset details Directory of EU legal acts
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Browse content Dataset details Green Public Procurement Criteria
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Browse content Dataset details Meeting
Browse content Dataset details Membership classification
Browse content Dataset details Methods of supervision and verification
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Browse content Dataset details Subject matter
Browse content Dataset details Summaries of EU legislation classification
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Browse content Dataset details Transport service
Browse content Dataset details Treaty
Browse content Dataset details Treaty classification
Browse content Dataset details Usage
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Browse content Dataset details Vehicle category
Browse content Dataset details Verifiable Presentation Type
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Browse content Dataset details Waste categories
Browse content Dataset details Website identifier
Browse content Dataset details Winner selection status
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