CHAPTER 1GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 3Definitions
1
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
- (1)
‘equipment’ means any apparatus or fixed installation;
- (2)
‘apparatus’ means any finished appliance or combination thereof made available on the market as a single functional unit, intended for the end-user and liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such disturbance;
- (3)
‘fixed installation’ means a particular combination of several types of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, which are assembled, installed and intended to be used permanently at a predefined location;
- (4)
‘electromagnetic compatibility’ means the ability of equipment to function satisfactorily in its electromagnetic environment without introducing intolerable electromagnetic disturbances to other equipment in that environment;
- (5)
‘electromagnetic disturbance’ means any electromagnetic phenomenon which may degrade the performance of equipment; an electromagnetic disturbance may be electromagnetic noise, an unwanted signal or a change in the propagation medium itself;
- (6)
‘immunity’ means the ability of equipment to perform as intended without degradation in the presence of an electromagnetic disturbance;
- (7)
‘safety purposes’ means the purposes of safeguarding human life or property;
- (8)
‘electromagnetic environment’ means all electromagnetic phenomena observable in a given location;
- (9)
‘making available on the market’ means any supply of apparatus for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
- (10)
‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of apparatus on the Union market;
- (11)
‘manufacturer’ means any natural or legal person who manufactures apparatus or has apparatus designed or manufactured, and markets that apparatus under his name or trade mark;
- (12)
‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks;
- (13)
‘importer’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places apparatus from a third country on the Union market;
- (14)
‘distributor’ means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes apparatus available on the market;
- (15)
‘economic operators’ means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor;
- (16)
‘technical specification’ means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by the equipment;
- (17)
‘harmonised standard’ means harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;
- (18)
‘accreditation’ means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- (19)
‘national accreditation body’ means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- (20)
‘conformity assessment’ means the process demonstrating whether the essential requirements of this Directive relating to an apparatus have been fulfilled;
- (21)
‘conformity assessment body’ means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;
- (22)
‘recall’ means any measure aimed at achieving the return of apparatus that has already been made available to the end-user;
- (23)
‘withdrawal’ means any measure aimed at preventing apparatus in the supply chain from being made available on the market;
- (24)
‘Union harmonisation legislation’ means any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products;
- (25)
‘CE marking’ means a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the apparatus is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing.
2
For the purposes of this Directive, the following shall be considered as apparatus:
- (1)
‘components’ or ‘sub-assemblies’ intended for incorporation into an apparatus by the end-user, which are liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such disturbance;
- (2)
‘mobile installations’ defined as a combination of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, intended to be moved and operated in a range of locations.