In these Regulations, an “economic operator” means a contractor, a supplier or a services provider.

When these Regulations apply a utility shall not treat a person who is not a national of a relevant State and established in a relevant State more favourably than one who is.

In these Regulations a relevant State is a member State or a State listed in column 1 of Schedule 4; the agreements with the European Union by which the provisions in relation to public procurement are extended to those States are specified in column 2 to that Schedule and the statutory provision designating them as European Treaties under section 1(3) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 is specified in column 3 of that Schedule.