antiques — products, such as collectors’ items or works of art, in relation to which consumers cannot reasonably expect that they fulfil state-of-the-art safety standards Article 3 — Definitions

authorised representative — any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on that manufacturer’s behalf in relation to specified tasks with regard to the manufacturer’s obligations under this Regulation Article 3 — Definitions

consumer — any natural person who acts for purposes which are outside that person’s trade, business, craft or profession Article 3 — Definitions

dangerous product — any product which is not a ‘safe product’ Article 3 — Definitions

distance contract — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

distributor — any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a product available on the market Article 3 — Definitions

economic operator — the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer, the distributor, the fulfilment service provider or any other natural or legal person who is subject to obligations in relation to the manufacture of products or making them available on the market in accordance with this Regulation Article 3 — Definitions

European standard — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

European standardisation organisation — a European standardisation organisation as listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 Article 3 — Definitions

fulfilment service provider — any natural or legal person offering, in the course of commercial activity, at least two of the following services: warehousing, packaging, addressing and dispatching, without having ownership of the products involved, excluding postal services as defined in Article 2, point (1) of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (27), parcel delivery services as defined in Article 2, point (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/644 of the European Parliament and of the Council (28), and any other postal services or freight transport services Article 3 — Definitions

importer — any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a product from a third country on the Union market Article 3 — Definitions

international standard — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

making available on the market — any supply of a product 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 Article 3 — Definitions

manufacturer — any natural or legal person who manufactures a product or has a product designed or manufactured, and markets that product under that person’s name or trademark Article 3 — Definitions

market surveillance — the activities carried out and measures taken by market surveillance authorities to ensure that products comply with the requirements set out in this Regulation Article 3 — Definitions

market surveillance authority — an authority designated by a Member State under Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 as responsible for organising and carrying out market surveillance in the territory of that Member State Article 3 — Definitions

national standard — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

online interface — any software, including a website, part of a website or an application, including mobile applications Article 3 — Definitions

placing on the market — the first making available of a product on the Union market Article 3 — Definitions

product — any item, whether or not it is interconnected to other items, supplied or made available, whether for consideration or not, including in the context of providing a service, which is intended for consumers or is likely, under reasonably foreseeable conditions, to be used by consumers even if not intended for them Article 3 — Definitions

provider of an online marketplace — a provider of an intermediary service using an online interface which allows consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders for the sale of products Article 3 — Definitions

recall — any measure aimed at achieving the return of a product that has already been made available to the consumer Article 3 — Definitions

risk — the combination of the probability of an occurrence of a hazard causing harm and the degree of severity of that harm Article 3 — Definitions

safe product — any product which, under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, including the actual duration of use, does not present any risk or only the minimum risks compatible with the product’s use, considered acceptable and consistent with a high level of protection of the health and safety of consumers Article 3 — Definitions

serious risk — a risk which, based on a risk assessment and taking into account the normal and foreseeable use of the product, is considered to require rapid intervention by the market surveillance authorities, including cases where the effects of the risk are not immediate Article 3 — Definitions

trader — any natural person or any legal person irrespective of whether privately or publicly owned, who is acting, including through any person acting in that natural or legal person’s name or on that natural or legal person’s behalf, for purposes relating to the natural or legal person’s trade, business, craft or profession Article 3 — Definitions

Union harmonisation legislation — Union legislation listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and any other Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products to which that Regulation applies Article 3 — Definitions

withdrawal — any measure aimed at preventing a product in the supply chain from being made available on the market Article 3 — Definitions