For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (1)

   ‘weighing instrument’ means a measuring instrument serving to determine the mass of a body by using the action of gravity on that body. A weighing instrument may also serve to determine other mass-related magnitudes, quantities, parameters or characteristics;

2. (2)

   ‘non-automatic weighing instrument’ or ‘instrument’ means a weighing instrument requiring the intervention of an operator during weighing;

3. (3)

   ‘making available on the market’ means any supply of an instrument for distribution or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;

4. (4)

   ‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of an instrument on the Union market;

5. (5)

   ‘manufacturer’ means any natural or legal person who manufactures an instrument or has an instrument designed or manufactured, and markets that instrument under his name or trade mark;

6. (6)

   ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks;

7. (7)

   ‘importer’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places an instrument from a third country on the Union market;

8. (8)

   ‘distributor’ means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes an instrument available on the market;

9. (9)

   ‘economic operators’ means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor;

10. (10)

    ‘technical specification’ means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by an instrument;

11. (11)

    ‘harmonised standard’ means harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;

12. (12)

    ‘accreditation’ means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

13. (13)

    ‘national accreditation body’ means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

14. (14)

    ‘conformity assessment’ means the process demonstrating whether the essential requirements of this Directive relating to an instrument have been fulfilled;

15. (15)

    ‘conformity assessment body’ means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;

16. (16)

    ‘recall’ means any measure aimed at achieving the return of an instrument that has already been made available to the end-user;

17. (17)

    ‘withdrawal’ means any measure aimed at preventing an instrument in the supply chain from being made available on the market;

18. (18)

    ‘Union harmonisation legislation’ means any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products;

19. (19)

    ‘CE marking’ means a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the instrument is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing.