accreditation — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__4

authorised representative — any natural or legal person established in the Union that has received a written mandate from the manufacturer to act on the manufacturer’s behalf in relation to specified tasks with regard to the manufacturer’s obligations under this Regulation (43)

carbon footprint — the sum of greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas removals in a product system, expressed as CO2 equivalents and based on a life cycle assessment using the single impact category of climate change (25)

CE marking — a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the relevant product is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing (50)

class of performance — a range of performance levels in relation to one or more product parameters referred to in Annex I, which is established based on a common methodology for the product or product group, ordered in such a way as to allow for product differentiation (15)

component — a product intended to be incorporated into another product (2)

conformity assessment — the process demonstrating whether the ecodesign requirements set out in the relevant delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 have been fulfilled (51)

conformity assessment body — a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection (52)

consumer — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__9

consumer product — any product, excluding components and intermediate products, primarily intended for consumers (36)

contracting authorities — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__7

contracting entities — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__7

corrective action — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10

customer — a natural or legal person that purchases, hires or receives a product for their own use whether or not acting for purposes which are outside their trade, business, craft or profession (35)

customs authorities — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10

data carrier — a linear barcode symbol, a two-dimensional symbol or other automatic identification data capture medium that can be read by a device (29)

dealer — a distributor or any other natural or legal person that offers products for sale, hire or hire purchase, or that displays products, to end users in the course of a commercial activity, including through distance selling; and includes any natural or legal person that puts a product into service in the course of a commercial activity (55)

destruction — the intentional damaging or discarding of a product as waste with the exception of discarding for the sole purpose of delivering the discarded product for preparing for reuse, including refurbishment or remanufacturing operations (34)

digital product passport — a set of data specific to a product that includes the information specified in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 and that is accessible via electronic means through a data carrier in accordance with Chapter III (28)

digital product passport service provider — a natural or legal person that is an independent third-party authorised by the economic operator which places the product on the market or puts it into service and that processes the digital product passport data for that product for the purpose of making such data available to economic operators and other relevant actors with a right to access those data under this Regulation or other Union law (32)

distance selling — the offer for sale, hire or hire purchase of products, online or through other means of distance sales, whereby the potential customer cannot physically access the product (56)

distributor — any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, that makes a product available on the market (45)

durability — the ability of a product to maintain over time its function and performance under specified conditions of use, maintenance and repair (22)

ecodesign — the integration of environmental sustainability considerations into the characteristics of a product and the processes taking place throughout the product’s value chain (6)

ecodesign requirement — a performance requirement or an information requirement aimed at making a product, including processes taking place throughout the product’s value chain, more environmentally sustainable (7)

economic operator — the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer, the distributor, the dealer and the fulfilment service provider (46)

end user — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10

end-of-life — the life cycle stage that begins when a product is discarded and ends when the waste material of the product is returned to nature or enters another product’s life cycle (13)

energy-related product — any product that has an impact on energy consumption during use (4)

environmental footprint — a quantification of the environmental impacts resulting from a product throughout its life cycle, whether in relation to a single environmental impact category or an aggregated set of impact categories based on the Product Environmental Footprint method established by Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 or other scientific methods developed by international organisations, widely tested in collaboration with different industry sectors and adopted or implemented by the Commission in other Union law (24)

environmental impact — any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from a product during its life cycle (14)

fulfilment service provider — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10

harmonised standard — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__6

hazardous waste — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__5

importer — any natural or legal person established in the Union that places a product from a third country on the Union market (44)

independent operator — a natural or legal person that is independent of the manufacturer and is directly or indirectly involved in the refurbishment, repair, maintenance or repurposing of a product, and includes waste management operators, refurbishers, repairers, manufacturers or distributors of repair equipment, tools or spare parts, as well as publishers of technical information, operators offering inspection and testing services and operators offering training for installers, manufacturers and repairers of equipment (47)

information requirement — an obligation for a product to be accompanied by information as specified in Article 7(2) (9)

intermediate product — a product that requires further manufacturing or transformation such as mixing, coating or assembling to make it suitable for end-users (3)

life cycle — the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product’s life, consisting of raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources, pre-processing, manufacturing, storage, distribution, installation, use, maintenance, repair, upgrading, refurbishment and reuse, and end-of-life (12)

maintenance — one or more actions carried out to keep a product in a condition where it is able to fulfil its intended purpose (19)

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 (39)

manufacturer — any natural or legal person that manufactures a product or that has a product designed or manufactured, and markets that product under their name or trademark (42)

market surveillance — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10

market surveillance authority — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10

mixture — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__3

national accreditation body — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__4

notified body — a conformity assessment body notified in accordance with Chapter IX (53)

online interface — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10

performance requirement — a quantitative or non-quantitative requirement for or in relation to a product to achieve a certain performance level in relation to a product parameter referred to in Annex I (8)

placing on the market — the first making available of a product on the Union market (40)

premature obsolescence — a product design feature or subsequent action or omission resulting in the product becoming non-functional or performing less well without such changes of functionality or performance being the result of normal wear and tear (21)

preparing for reuse — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__5

processing — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__8

product — any physical goods that are placed on the market or put into service (1)

product group — a set of products that serve similar purposes and are similar in terms of use, or have similar functional properties, and are similar in terms of consumer perception (5)

product presenting a risk — a product that, by not complying with an ecodesign requirement set in or pursuant to this Regulation other than those listed in Article 71(1), could adversely affect the environment or other public interests protected by that requirement (57)

product presenting a serious risk — a product presenting a risk for which, based on an assessment, the degree of the relevant non-compliance or the associated harm is considered to require rapid intervention by the market surveillance authorities, including cases where the effects of the non-compliance are not immediate (58)

professional repairer — a natural or legal person that provides professional repair or maintenance services for a product, irrespective of whether that person acts within the manufacturer’s distribution system or independently (48)

provider of an online marketplace — a provider of an intermediary service using an online interface which allows customers to conclude distance contracts with economic operators for the sale of products covered by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 (54)

Public contracts — contracts covered by Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU art_2__para__7

putting into service — the first use, for its intended purpose, in the Union, of a product (41)

recall — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10

recovery — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__5

recycling — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__5

refurbishment — actions carried out to prepare, clean, test, service and, where necessary, repair a product or a discarded product in order to restore its performance or functionality within the intended use and range of performance originally conceived at the design stage at the time of the placing of the product on the market (18)

release for free circulation — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10

reliability — the probability that a product functions as required under given conditions for a given duration without an occurrence which results in a primary or secondary function of the product no longer being performed (23)

remanufacturing — actions through which a new product is produced from objects that are waste, products or components and through which at least one change is made that substantially affects the safety, performance, purpose or type of the product (16)

repair — one or more actions carried out to return a defective product or waste to a condition where it fulfils its intended purpose (20)

reuse — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__5

self-regulation measure — a voluntary agreement or a code of conduct, concluded by economic operators on their own initiative, which they are responsible for enforcing (38)

substance — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__3

substance of concern — a substance that: meets the criteria laid down in Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and is identified in accordance with Article 59(1) of that Regulation; is classified in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 in one of the following hazard classes or hazard categories: carcinogenicity categories 1 and 2; germ cell mutagenicity categories 1 and 2; reproductive toxicity categories 1 and 2; endocrine disruption for human health categories 1 and 2; endocrine disruption for the environment categories 1 and 2; persistent, mobile and toxic or very persistent, very mobile properties; persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic or very persistent, very bioaccumulative properties; respiratory sensitisation category 1; skin sensitisation category 1; hazardous to the aquatic environment — categories chronic 1 to 4; hazardous to the ozone layer; specific target organ toxicity — repeated exposure categories 1 and 2; specific target organ toxicity — single exposure categories 1 and 2; is regulated under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021; or negatively affects the reuse and recycling of materials in the product in which it is present (27)

supply chain — all upstream activities and processes of the product’s value chain, up to the point where the product reaches the customer (10)

technical specification — a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process or service (49)

unique facility identifier — a unique string of characters for the identification of locations or buildings involved in a product’s value chain or used by actors involved in a product’s value chain (33)

unique operator identifier — a unique string of characters for the identification of an actor involved in a product’s value chain (31)

unique product identifier — a unique string of characters for the identification of a product that also enables a web link to the digital product passport (30)

unsold consumer product — any consumer product that has not been sold including surplus stock, excess inventory and deadstock and products returned by a consumer on the basis of their right of withdrawal in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2011/83/EU or, where applicable, during any longer withdrawal period provided by the trader (37)

upgrading — actions carried out to enhance the functionality, performance, capacity, safety or aesthetics of a product (17)

value chain — all activities and processes that are part of the life cycle of a product, as well as its possible remanufacturing (11)

waste — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__5

withdrawal — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own art_2__para__10