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in Article 2, the first paragraph is amended as follows: point 3 is replaced by the following: ‘(3) ‘goods’ means goods as defined in point (5) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/771 of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive (EU) 2019/771 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the sale of goods, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/EC, and repealing Directive 1999/44/EC (OJ L 136, 22.5.2019, p. 28).’; ; the following point is inserted: ‘(4a) ‘personal data’ means personal data as defined in point (1) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).’; ; points (5) and (6) are replaced by the following: ‘(5) ‘sales contract’ means any contract under which the trader transfers or undertakes to transfer ownership of goods to the consumer, including any contract having as its object both goods and services; (6) ‘service contract’ means any contract other than a sales contract under which the trader supplies or undertakes to supply a service, including a digital service, to the consumer;’; point (11) is replaced by the following: ‘(11) ‘digital content’ means digital content as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive (EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services (OJ L 136, 22.5.2019, p. 1).’; ; the following points are added: ‘(16) ‘digital service’ means a digital service as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/770; (17) ‘online marketplace’ means a service using software, including a website, part of a website or an application, operated by or on behalf of a trader which allows consumers to conclude distance contracts with other traders or consumers; (18) ‘provider of an online marketplace’ means any trader which provides an online marketplace to consumers; (19) ‘compatibility’ means compatibility as defined in point (10) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/770; (20) ‘functionality’ means functionality as defined in point (11) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/770; (21) ‘interoperability’ means interoperability as defined in point (12) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/770.’;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.