access pointmeans an entity providing:
applicant partymeans, in respect of each Member State, any institution which makes a request for information, notification or recovery concerning a claim as defined above,
Audit Boardmeans the body referred to in Article 74 of the basic Regulation.
basic Regulationmeans Regulation (EC) No 883/2004;
child-raising periodrefers to any period which is credited under the pension legislation of a Member State or which provides a supplement to a pension explicitly for the reason that a person has raised a child, irrespective of the method used to calculate those periods and whether they accrue during the time of child-raising or are acknowledged retroactively.
claimmeans all claims relating to contributions or to benefits paid or provided unduly, including interest, fines, administrative penalties and all other charges and costs connected with the claim in accordance with the legislation of the Member State making the claim;
documentmeans a set of data, irrespective of the medium used, structured in such a way that it can be exchanged electronically and which must be communicated in order to enable the operation of the basic Regulation and the implementing Regulation;
liaison bodymeans any body designated by the competent authority of a Member State for one or more of the branches of social security referred to in Article 3 of the basic Regulation to respond to requests for information and assistance for the purposes of the application of the basic Regulation and the implementing Regulation and which has to fulfil the tasks assigned to it under Title IV of the implementing Regulation;
requested partymeans, in respect of each Member State, any institution to which a request for information, notification or recovery can be made,
Structured Electronic Documentmeans any structured document in a format designed for the electronic exchange of information between Member States;
transmission by electronic meansmeans the transmission of data using electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) of data and employing wires, radio transmission, optical technologies or any other electromagnetic means;