authorised representative — any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on that manufacturer’s behalf in relation to specified tasks (11)

component — any item, whether tangible or intangible, raw material or related service, that is integrated into, or inter-connected with, a product (4)

data — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (6)

digital manufacturing file — a digital version of, or digital template for, a movable which contains the functional information necessary to produce a tangible item by enabling the automated control of machinery or tools (2)

distributor — any natural or legal person in the supply chain who makes a product available on the market, other than the manufacturer or importer of that product (14)

economic operator — a manufacturer of a product or component, a provider of a related service, an authorised representative, an importer, a fulfilment service provider or a distributor (15)

fulfilment service provider — any natural or legal person offering, in the course of a commercial activity, at least two of the following services: warehousing, packaging, addressing and dispatching of a product, without having ownership of that product, excluding postal services as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (19), parcel delivery services as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2018/644 of the European Parliament and of the Council (20), and any other postal services or freight transport services (13)

importer — any natural or legal person who places a product from a third country on the Union market (12)

making available on the market — any supply of a product 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 (7)

manufacturer — any natural or legal person who: develops, manufactures or produces a product; has a product designed or manufactured, or who, by putting their name, trademark or other distinguishing features on that product, presents themselves as its manufacturer; or develops, manufactures or produces a product for their own use (10)

online platform — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (16)

placing on the market — the first making available of a product on the Union market (8)

product — all movables, even if integrated into, or inter-connected with, another movable or an immovable; it includes electricity, digital manufacturing files, raw materials and software (1)

putting into service — the first use of a product in the Union in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge, in circumstances in which that product has not been placed on the market prior to its first use (9)

related service — a digital service that is integrated into, or inter-connected with, a product in such a way that its absence would prevent the product from performing one or more of its functions (3)

substantial modification — a modification of a product after it has been placed on the market or put into service: that is considered substantial under relevant Union or national rules on product safety; or where relevant Union or national rules on product safety lay down no threshold on what is to be considered a substantial modification, that: changes the product’s original performance, purpose or type, without that change having been foreseen in the manufacturer’s initial risk assessment; and changes the nature of the hazard, creates a new hazard or increases the level of risk (18)

trade secret — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (17)