Defined terms — Directive 2014/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses (recast) Text with EEA relevance
European Union · 32014L0028 · 1754 provisions
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accreditation — accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 (17)
ammunition — projectiles with or without propelling charges and blank ammunition used in portable firearms, other guns and artillery (2)
approval — the decision taken to allow envisaged transfers of explosives within the Union (5)
authorised representative — 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 (10)
CE marking — a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the explosive is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing (24)
conformity assessment — the process demonstrating whether the essential safety requirements of this Directive relating to an explosive have been fulfilled (19)
conformity assessment body — a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection (20)
dealer — any natural or legal person whose occupation consists wholly or partly in the manufacture, trade, exchange, hiring out, repair or conversion of fire arms and ammunition (14)
distributor — any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes an explosive available on the market (12)
economic operators — the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer, the distributor and any natural or legal person who engages in the storage, use, transfer, import, export or trade of explosives (13)
explosives — the materials and articles considered to be explosives in the United Nations recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods and falling within Class 1 of those recommendations (1)
harmonised standard — harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 (16)
importer — any natural or legal person established within the Union who places an explosive from a third country on the Union market (11)
making available on the market — any supply of an explosive for distribution or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge (7)
manufacturer — any natural or legal person who manufactures an explosive or has an explosive designed or manufactured, and markets that explosive under his name or trade mark or uses it for his own purposes (9)
national accreditation body — national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 (18)
placing on the market — the first making available of an explosive on the Union market (8)
recall — any measure aimed at achieving the return of an explosive that has already been made available to the end-user (21)
safety — the prevention of accidents and, where prevention fails, the containment of their effects (3)
security — the prevention of use contrary to law and order (4)
technical specification — a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by an explosive (15)
transfer — any physical movement of explosives within the Union except movements within one and the same site (6)
Union harmonisation legislation — any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products (23)
withdrawal — any measure aimed at preventing an explosive in the supply chain from being made available on the market (22)