accreditation — accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 (19)

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 (13)

CE marking — a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the radio equipment is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing (26)

conformity assessment — the process demonstrating whether the essential requirements of this Directive relating to radio equipment have been fulfilled (21)

conformity assessment body — a body that performs conformity assessment activities (22)

distributor — any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes radio equipment available on the market (15)

economic operators — the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor (16)

electromagnetic disturbance — electromagnetic disturbance as defined in point 5 of Article 3(1) of Directive 2014/30/EU (8)

harmful interference — harmful interference as defined in point (r) of Article 2 of Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33). (7)

harmonised standard — harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 (18)

importer — any natural or legal person established within the Union who places radio equipment from a third country on the Union market (14)

making available on the market — any supply of radio equipment 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 (9)

manufacturer — any natural or legal person who manufactures radio equipment or has radio equipment designed or manufactured, and markets that equipment under his name or trade mark (12)

national accreditation body — national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 (20)

placing on the market — the first making available of radio equipment on the Union market (10)

putting into service — the first use of radio equipment in the Union by its end-user (11)

radio communication — communication by means of radio waves (2)

radio equipment — an electrical or electronic product, which intentionally emits and/or receives radio waves for the purpose of radio communication and/or radiodetermination, or an electrical or electronic product which must be completed with an accessory, such as antenna, so as to intentionally emit and/or receive radio waves for the purpose of radio communication and/or radiodetermination (1)

radio equipment class — a class identifying particular categories of radio equipment which, under this Directive, are considered similar and those radio interfaces for which the radio equipment is designed (6)

radio interface — the specification of the regulated use of radio spectrum (5)

radio waves — electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3000 GHz, propagated in space without artificial guide (4)

radiodetermination — the determination of the position, velocity and/or other characteristics of an object, or the obtaining of information relating to those parameters, by means of the propagation properties of radio waves (3)

recall — any measure aimed at achieving the return of radio equipment that has already been made available to the end-user (23)

technical specification — a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by radio equipment (17)

Union harmonisation legislation — any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products (25)

withdrawal — any measure aimed at preventing radio equipment in the supply chain from being made available on the market (24)