| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| EITI Report | A report containing the main results of implementation of procedures within the framework of the EITI implementation at the country level for the year. |
| EITI | The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is a voluntary association of states created to develop principles and requirements to ensure transparency in the extraction of oil, gas, and other minerals, in which representatives of governments, as well as enterprises operating in the extractive industries, and non-governmental organizations participate from the states. |
| EITI International Secretariat | The independent body responsible for the EITI implementation and management at the international level. Based in Oslo, Norway. |
| EITI MSG | The EITI Multi-Stakeholder Group is a multi-stakeholder group consisting of representatives of the government, extractive companies, and civil society organizations, established to monitor the EITI implementation process in Ukraine and inform about the findings of the EITI Report, as well as to integrate the EITI into broader activities to promote the extractive industries transparency. |
| Independent administrator | A business entity that reviews, analyses and reconciles information provided by businesses operating in extractive industries and recipients of payments, and provides services for preparing an EITI report in accordance with the Terms of Reference. |
| Reporting organizations | Extractive companies, state-owned enterprises, institutions and organizations, government agencies that provide reporting data for further processing and inclusion to the EITI Report |
| UAEITI Portal | Electronic reporting and analysis system for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Ukraine: https://eiti.gov.ua/ |
| Material reporting companies | Companies in the extractive industries and the oil and natural gas transportation industry whose payments in favour of the state are determined to be material and subject to payment reconciliation |
| Material reporting sectors | Extractive industries as well as oil and natural gas transportation industry, payments from which in favour of the state are determined to be material and subject to payment reconciliation |
| EITI Standard | International standard for promoting transparency in managing a country's natural resources within the EITI. |
| Special permit | Special permit for subsoil use |
| Material types of payments | Types of tax and other budget revenues (as well as Unified Contribution), for which the payments from extractive industries are determined to be material and subject to payment reconciliation |
| Royalty for transportation | Rent payment for the transportation of oil and petroleum products through the main oil pipelines and petroleum product pipelines through the territory of Ukraine, transit transportation of natural gas and ammonia through the pipelines through the territory of Ukraine |
| SGS | State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine |
| State Labor Service | State Labor Service of Ukraine formed as a result of the reorganization of the State Mining Supervision Service of Ukraine and the State Labor Inspectorate of Ukraine |
| SSS, State Statistics Service | State Statistics Service of Ukraine |
| SCMR | State Commission of Ukraine for Mineral Resources |
| SCS | State Customs Service of Ukraine |
| STS | State Tax Service of Ukraine |
| State Treasury | State Treasury Service of Ukraine |
| CMU | Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
| Ministry of Economy | Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine |
| Ministry of Energy | Ministry of Energy of Ukraine |
| Ministry of Finance | Ministry of Finance of Ukraine |
| NBU | National Bank of Ukraine |
| NCREPU | National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities |
| PFU | Pensions Fund of Ukraine |
| JVA | Joint venture agreement |
| USR | Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Organizations |
| PSA | Production Sharing Agreement |
Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring Transparency in Extractive Industries”
Law of Ukraine “On Production sharing agreements”
Law of Ukraine “On Oil and Gas”
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On approval of the procedure for maintaining the State Register of special permits for subsoil use”
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On approval of the procedure for conducting auctions for the sale of special Permits for subsoil use”
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “Certain іssues of ensuring transparency in Extractive Industries”
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On approval of the procedure for conducting state financial audits of business entities by the State Audit Service of Ukraine and its interregional territorial offices"