access point — a physical point, located inside or outside the building, accessible to undertakings providing or authorised to provide public communications networks, where connection to the high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure is made available (11)

bodies governed by public law — bodies that have all of the following characteristics: they are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character; they have legal personality; and they are financed, in full or for the most part, by the State, or regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law; or are subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies; or have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities or by other bodies governed by public law (6)

civil works — every outcome of building or civil engineering works taken as a whole which is sufficient of itself to fulfil an economic or technical function and entails one or more elements of a physical infrastructure (4)

high-speed electronic communications network — an electronic communication network which is capable of delivering broadband access services at speeds of at least 30 Mbps (3)

high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure — in-building physical infrastructure intended to host elements or enable delivery of high-speed electronic communications networks (8)

in-building physical infrastructure — physical infrastructure or installations at the end-user's location, including elements under joint ownership, intended to host wired and/or wireless access networks, where such access networks are capable of delivering electronic communications services and connecting the building access point with the network termination point (7)

major renovation works — building or civil engineering works at the end user's location encompassing structural modifications of the entire in-building physical infrastructure or a significant part thereof, and requiring a building permit (9)

network operator — an undertaking providing or authorised to provide public communications networks as well as an undertaking providing a physical infrastructure intended to provide: a service of production, transport or distribution of: gas; electricity, including public lighting; heating; water, including disposal or treatment of waste water and sewage, and drainage systems; transport services, including railways, roads, ports and airports (1)

permit — an explicit or implicit decision of a competent authority following any procedure under which an undertaking is required to take steps in order to legally carry out building or civil engineering works (10)

physical infrastructure — any element of a network which is intended to host other elements of a network without becoming itself an active element of the network, such as pipes, masts, ducts, inspection chambers, manholes, cabinets, buildings or entries to buildings, antenna installations, towers and poles; cables, including dark fibre, as well as elements of networks used for the provision of water intended for human consumption, as defined in point 1 of Article 2 of Council Directive 98/83/EC Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32). are not physical infrastructure within the meaning of this Directive (2)

public sector body — a state, regional or local authority, a body governed by public law or an association formed by one or several such authorities or one or several such bodies governed by public law (5)