For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:

1. 1.

   ‘defence-related product’ means any product listed in the Annex;

2. 2.

   ‘transfer’ means any transmission or movement of a defence-related product from a supplier to a recipient in another Member State;

3. 3.

   ‘supplier’ means the legal or natural person established within the Community who is legally responsible for a transfer;

4. 4.

   ‘recipient’ means the legal or natural person established within the Community who is legally responsible for the receipt of a transfer;

5. 5.

   ‘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;

6. 6.

   ‘export licence’ means an authorisation to supply defence-related products to a legal or natural person in any third country;

7. 7.

   ‘passage through’ means the transport of defence-related products through one or more Member States other than the originating and receiving Member States.