authorised representative — 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 with regard to the latter's obligations under this Regulation 8.

C1, C2 and C3 tyres — the tyre classes defined in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 1.

distributor — any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the supplier or the importer, who makes a tyre available on the market 10.

end-user — a consumer, as well as a fleet manager or road transport undertaking, that buys or is expected to buy a tyre 12.

essential parameter — a tyre parameter such as rolling resistance, wet grip or external rolling noise that has a notable impact on the environment, road safety or health during use 13.

importer — any natural or legal person established within the Community who places a product from a third country on the Community market 7.

making available on the market — any supply of a product for distribution or use on the Community market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge 11.

manufacturer — 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 6.

point of sale — a location where tyres are displayed or stored and offered for sale to end-users, including car show rooms in relation to tyres offered for sale to end-users which are not fitted on the vehicles 3.

supplier — the manufacturer or its authorised representative in the Community or the importer 9.

T-type temporary-use spare tyre — a temporary-use spare tyre designed for use at inflation pressures higher than those established for standard and reinforced tyres 2.

technical documentation — information relating to tyres, including the manufacturer and brand of the tyre; description of the tyre type or the grouping of tyres determined for the declaration of the fuel efficiency class, wet grip class and external rolling noise class and measured value; test reports and testing accuracy 5.

technical promotional material — technical manuals, brochures, leaflets and catalogues (whether these appear in printed, electronic or online form), as well as websites, the purpose of which is to market tyres to end-users or distributors and that describe the specific technical parameters of a tyre 4.