Article 3

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply: ‘defence-related product’ means any product listed in the Annex; ‘transfer’ means any transmission or movement of a defence-related product from a supplier to a recipient in another Member State; ‘supplier’ means the legal or natural person established within the Community who is legally responsible for a transfer; ‘recipient’ means the legal or natural person established within the Community who is legally responsible for the receipt of a transfer; ‘transfer licence’ means an authorisation by a national authority of a Member State for suppliers to transfer defence-related products to a recipient in another Member State; ‘export licence’ means an authorisation to supply defence-related products to a legal or natural person in any third country; ‘passage through’ means the transport of defence-related products through one or more Member States other than the originating and receiving Member States.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.