For the purposes of this ... [act] the following definitions shall apply:
| 1. | ‘making available on the market’ shall mean any supply of a product for distribution, consumption or use on the Community market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge |
| 2. | ‘placing on the market’ shall mean the first making available of a product on the Community market |
| 3. | ‘manufacturer’ shall mean any natural or legal person who manufactures a product or has a product designed or manufactured, and markets that product under his name or trademark |
| 4. | ‘authorised representative’ shall mean any natural or legal person established within the Community who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks |
| 5. | ‘importer’ shall mean any natural or legal person established within the Community who places a product from a third country on the Community market |
| 6. | ‘distributor’ shall mean any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a product available on the market |
| 7. | ‘economic operators’ shall mean the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor |
| 8. | ‘technical specification’ shall mean a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process or service |
| 9. | ‘harmonised standard’ shall mean a standard adopted by one of the European standardisation bodies listed in Annex I to Directive 98/34/EC on the basis of a request made by the Commission in accordance with Article 6 of that Directive |
| 10. | ‘accreditation’ shall have the meaning assigned to it by Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 |
| 11. | ‘national accreditation body’ shall have the meaning assigned to it by Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 |
| 12. | ‘conformity assessment’ shall mean the process demonstrating whether specified requirements relating to a product, process, service, system, person or body have been fulfilled |
| 13. | ‘conformity assessment body’ shall mean a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection |
| 14. | ‘recall’ shall mean any measure aimed at achieving the return of a product that has already been made available to the end user |
| 15. | ‘withdrawal’ shall mean any measure aimed at preventing a product in the supply chain from being made available on the market |
| 16. | ‘CE marking’ shall mean a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the product is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Community harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing |
| 17. | ‘Community harmonisation legislation’ shall mean any Community legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products. |
Chapter R2
Obligations of economic operators