Definition: Stock levels / Opening / (a) All stocks on nationa...

Category: Energy

Stocks on national territory (Category a): (Opening) is the sum of categories at the beginning of the period: Stocks held for other countries under official agreement (category b), Stocks with known foreign destination (category c), Stocks held in bonded areas and not included in b or c, Stocks held by major consumers, obligated by law (Category e), Stocks held on board incoming ocean vessels in port or at mooring (Category f), Stocks held by government on national territory (Category g), Stocks held by stock holding organisations on national territory (Category h) and all other stocks held on national territory (Category i). Include stocks held by all importers, refiners, stock holding organisations, governments, and major consumers, whose stocks are subject to government control http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1415114499552&uri=CELEX:32009L0119