Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(1)

‘placing on the market’ means placing on the market as defined in point 12 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;

(2)

‘article’ means article as defined in point 3 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;

(3)

‘substance’ means substance as defined in point 1 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;

(4)

‘mixture’ means mixture as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;

(5)

‘manufacturing’ means manufacturing as defined in point 8 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;

(6)

‘use’ means use as defined in point 24 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;

(7)

‘import’ means import as defined in point 10 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;

(8)

‘waste’ means waste as defined in point 1 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

(9)

‘disposal’ means disposal as defined in point 19 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

(10)

‘recovery’ means recovery as defined in point 15 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;

(11)

‘closed-system site-limited intermediate’ means a substance that is manufactured for, and consumed in or used for chemical processing in order to be transformed into another substance (‘synthesis’) and where the manufacture of the intermediate and the synthesis of one or more other substances from that intermediate take place on the same site, by one or more legal entities, under strictly controlled conditions in that it is rigorously contained by technical means during its whole life cycle;

(12)

‘unintentional trace contaminant’ means a level of a substance that is incidentally present in a minimal amount, below which the substance cannot be meaningfully used, and above the detection limit of existing detection methods to enable control and enforcement;

(13)

‘stockpile’ means substances, mixtures or articles accumulated by the holder that consist of or contain any substance listed in Annex I or II.