- accreditation
means an attestation by a national accreditation body that a notified body meets the requirements set out in the second paragraph of 1.8.6.8 of the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC;
- Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC
means Section I.1 of Annex I, Section II.1 of Annex II, and Section III.1 of Annex III to Directive 2008/68/EC;
- authorised representative
means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from the manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks;
- conformity assessment
means the assessment and the procedure for the assessment of conformity set out in the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC;
- crisis-relevant goods
means crisis-relevant goods as defined in Article 3, point (6), of Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- distributor
means any natural or legal person established within the Union, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes transportable pressure equipment or parts thereof available on the market;
- economic operator
means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer, the distributor, the owner or the operator acting in the course of a commercial or public service activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
- exceptional check
means the exceptional check and the procedures governing the exceptional check set out in the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC;
- importer
means any natural or legal person established within the Union, who places transportable pressure equipment or parts thereof from a third country on the Union market;
- intermediate inspection
means the intermediate inspection and the procedures governing the intermediate inspection as set out in the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC;
- internal market emergency mode
means internal market emergency mode as defined in Article 3, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2024/2747.
- making available on the market
means any supply of transportable pressure equipment for distribution or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial or public service activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
- manufacturer
means any natural or legal person who manufactures transportable pressure equipment, or parts thereof, or who has such equipment designed or manufactured and markets it under his name or trademark;
- market surveillance
means the activities carried out and measures taken by public authorities to ensure that transportable pressure equipment during its life cycle complies with the requirements set out in Directive 2008/68/EC and this Directive and does not endanger health, safety or any other aspect of public interest protection;
- national accreditation body
means the sole body in a Member State that performs accreditation with authority derived from the State;
- notified body
means an inspection body meeting the requirements set out in the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC and the conditions set out in Articles 20 and 26 of this Directive and notified in accordance with Article 22 of this Directive;
- notifying authority
means the authority designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 17;
- operator
means any natural or legal person established in the Union using transportable pressure equipment;
- owner
means any natural or legal person established within the Union who owns transportable pressure equipment;
- periodic inspection
means the periodic inspection and the procedures governing the periodic inspection as set out in the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC;
- Pi marking
means a marking which indicates that the transportable pressure equipment is in conformity with the applicable conformity assessment requirements set out in the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC and in this Directive;
- placing on the market
means the first making available of transportable pressure equipment on the Union market;
- reassessment of conformity
means the procedure undertaken, at the request of the owner or operator, for the subsequent assessment of the conformity of transportable pressure equipment manufactured and placed on the market before the date of implementation of Directive 1999/36/EC;
- recall
means any measure aimed at achieving the return of transportable pressure equipment that has already been made available to the end user;
- transportable pressure equipment
means: when the equipment under (a) or (b) is used in accordance with those Annexes for the transport of Class 2 gases, excluding gases or articles with figures 6 and 7 in the classification code, and for the transport of the dangerous substances of other classes specified in Annex I to this Directive.
- use
means filling, temporary storage linked to carriage, emptying and refilling of transportable pressure equipment;
- withdrawal
means any measure aimed at preventing transportable pressure equipment from being made available on the market or from being used;