- accreditation
means accreditation as defined in Article 2, point (10), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- assembled product
means a product that consists of two or more components,, that are joined together and function as a whole unit and can be disassembled without destroying the components;
- authorised representative
means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on the manufacturer’s behalf in relation to specified tasks;
- component
means an identifiable part of an assembled product consisting of one or more materials;
- conformity assessment
means the process demonstrating that a product complies with the minimum hygiene requirements;
- conformity assessment body
means a body that performs conformity assessment activities, including testing, certification and inspection;
- final material
means material which is subject to testing and acceptance in accordance with the testing requirements and acceptance criteria set out in Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/368;
- importer
means any natural or legal person established within the Union who makes available products from a third country on the Union market;
- making available on the market
means any supply of a product for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market over the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
- manufacturer
means any natural or legal person who manufactures products or who has products designed or manufactured, and markets those products under its name or trademark, or who designs and constructs products for its own use;
- material
means a solid, semi-solid or liquid that is used for the manufacturing of a product and that is:
- minimum hygiene requirements
means the hygiene requirements set out in Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/368;
- national accreditation body
means national accreditation body as defined in Aticle 2, point (11), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- notified body
means a conformity assessment body that has been notified in accordance with Article 5;
- placing on the market
means the first making available of a product on the Union market;
- product
means an object that comes into contact with water intended for human consumption, which is made of final materials and which is intended to be placed on the market;
- reduced testing
means carrying out a test where only a part of the procedures and methods for testing set out in Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/368 are applied on test pieces which have been withdrawn by the notified body during the initial or annual inspection.
- test piece
means a representative object of the final material that is used for the carrying out of testing in accordance with the procedures and methods for testing set out in Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/368;