1. For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) ‘equipment’ means any apparatus or fixed installation;
(2) ‘apparatus’ means any finished appliance or combination thereof made available on the market as a single functional unit, intended for the end-user and liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such disturbance;
(3) ‘fixed installation’ means a particular combination of several types of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, which are assembled, installed and intended to be used permanently at a predefined location;
(4) ‘electromagnetic compatibility’ means the ability of equipment to function satisfactorily in its electromagnetic environment without introducing intolerable electromagnetic disturbances to other equipment in that environment;
(5) ‘electromagnetic disturbance’ means any electromagnetic phenomenon which may degrade the performance of equipment; an electromagnetic disturbance may be electromagnetic noise, an unwanted signal or a change in the propagation medium itself;
(6) ‘immunity’ means the ability of equipment to perform as intended without degradation in the presence of an electromagnetic disturbance;
(7) ‘safety purposes’ means the purposes of safeguarding human life or property;
(8) ‘electromagnetic environment’ means all electromagnetic phenomena observable in a given location;
(9) ‘making available on the market’ means any supply of apparatus for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
(10) ‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of apparatus on the Union market;
(11) ‘manufacturer’ means any natural or legal person who manufactures apparatus or has apparatus designed or manufactured, and markets that apparatus under his name or trade mark;
(12) ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks;
(13) ‘importer’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places apparatus from a third country on the Union market;
(14) ‘distributor’ means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes apparatus available on the market;
(15) ‘economic operators’ means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor;
(16) ‘technical specification’ means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by the equipment;
(17) ‘harmonised standard’ means harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;
(18) ‘accreditation’ means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
(19) ‘national accreditation body’ means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
(20) ‘conformity assessment’ means the process demonstrating whether the essential requirements of this Directive relating to an apparatus have been fulfilled;
(21) ‘conformity assessment body’ means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;
(22) ‘recall’ means any measure aimed at achieving the return of apparatus that has already been made available to the end-user;
(23) ‘withdrawal’ means any measure aimed at preventing apparatus in the supply chain from being made available on the market;
(24) ‘Union harmonisation legislation’ means any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products;
(25) ‘CE marking’ means a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the apparatus is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing;
(26) ‘crisis-relevant goods’ means crisis-relevant goods as defined in Article 3, point (6), of Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 of the European Parliament and of the Council (
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(27) ‘internal market emergency mode’ means internal market emergency mode as defined in Article 3, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2024/2747.
2. For the purposes of this Directive, the following shall be considered as apparatus:
(1) ‘components’ or ‘sub-assemblies’ intended for incorporation into an apparatus by the end-user, which are liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such disturbance;
(2) ‘mobile installations’ defined as a combination of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, intended to be moved and operated in a range of locations.