Defined terms — Directive 2014/29/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 of simple pressure vessels (recast) Text with EEA relevance
European Union · 32014L0029 · 1238 provisions
17 defined in this instrument.
accreditation — accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 (10)
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 (4)
CE marking — a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the vessel is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing (17)
conformity assessment — the process demonstrating whether the essential safety requirements of this Directive relating to a vessel have been fulfilled (12)
conformity assessment body — a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection (13)
distributor — any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a vessel available on the market (6)
economic operators — the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor (7)
harmonised standard — harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 (9)
importer — any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a vessel from a third country on the Union market (5)
making available on the market — any supply of a vessel for distribution or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge (1)
manufacturer — any natural or legal person who manufactures a vessel or has a vessel designed or manufactured, and markets that vessel under his name or trade mark (3)
national accreditation body — national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 (11)
placing on the market — the first making available of a vessel on the Union market (2)
recall — any measure aimed at achieving the return of a vessel that has already been made available to the end-user (14)
technical specification — a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a vessel (8)
Union harmonisation legislation — any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products (16)
withdrawal — any measure aimed at preventing a vessel in the supply chain from being made available on the market (15)