Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 1 Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a) ‘basic Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No 883/2004;

(b) ‘implementing Regulation’ means this Regulation; and

(c) the definitions set out in the basic Regulation shall apply.

2. In addition to the definitions referred to in paragraph 1,

(a) ‘access point’ means an entity providing:

(i)

an electronic contact point;

(ii)

automatic routing based on the address; and

(iii)

intelligent routing based on software that enables automatic checking and routing (for example, an artificial intelligence application) and/or human intervention;

(b) ‘liaison body’ means 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;

(c) ‘document’ means 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;

(d) ‘Structured Electronic Document’ means any structured document in a format designed for the electronic exchange of information between Member States;

(e) ‘transmission by electronic means’ means 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;

(f) ‘Audit Board’ means the body referred to in Article 74 of the basic Regulation.