http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/43/article/3Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (Text with EEA relevance)Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (Text with EEA relevance)2020-12-11King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009L0043-20190726texttext/xmlen2019-07-26 CHAPTER ISUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONSDefinitions 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.