For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

1. (1)

   ‘C1 tyres’, ‘C2 tyres’ and ‘C3 tyres’ means tyres belonging to the respective classes set out in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 661/2009;

2. (2)

   ‘re‐treaded tyre’ means a used tyre that is reconditioned by replacing the worn tread with new material;

3. (3)

   ‘T‐type temporary‐use spare tyre’ means a temporary‐use spare tyre designed for use at inflation pressures higher than those established for standard and reinforced tyres;

4. (4)

   ‘off‐road professional tyre’ means a special‐use tyre used primarily in severe off‐road conditions;

5. (5)

   ‘tyre label’ means a graphic diagram, in printed or electronic form, including in the form of a sticker, which includes symbols in order to inform end-users about the performance of a tyre or batch of tyres in relation to the parameters set out in Annex I;

6. (6)

   ‘point of sale’ means a location where tyres are displayed or stored and are offered for sale, including car show rooms where tyres that are not fitted on vehicles are offered for sale to end-users;

7. (7)

   ‘technical promotional material’ means documentation, in printed or electronic form, that is produced by a supplier to supplement advertising material with the information set out in Annex IV;

8. (8)

   ‘product information sheet’ means a standard document containing the information set out in Annex III in printed or electronic form;

9. (9)

   ‘technical documentation’ means documentation sufficient to enable market surveillance authorities to assess the accuracy of the tyre label and the product information sheet, including the information set out in point (2) of Annex VII;

10. (10)

    ‘product database’ means the product database established pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369;

11. (11)

    ‘distance selling’ means the offer for sale, hire or hire purchase by mail order, catalogue, internet, telemarketing or by any other method by which the potential end-user cannot be expected to see the tyre displayed;

12. (12)

    ‘manufacturer’ means a manufacturer as defined in point (8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020;

13. (13)

    ‘importer’ means an importer as defined in point (9) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020;

14. (14)

    ‘authorised representative’ means a 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 with regard to the manufacturer’s obligations under the requirements of this Regulation;

15. (15)

    ‘supplier’ means a manufacturer established in the Union, an authorised representative of a manufacturer who is not established in the Union, or an importer, who places a product on the Union market;

16. (16)

    ‘distributor’ means a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the supplier, who makes a product available on the market;

17. (17)

    ‘making available on the market’ means making available on the market as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020;

18. (18)

    ‘placing on the market’ means placing on the market as defined in point (2) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020;

19. (19)

    ‘end-user’ means a consumer, fleet manager or road transport undertaking that buys or is expected to buy a tyre;

20. (20)

    ‘parameter’ means a tyre characteristic that has a significant impact on the environment, road safety or health during the use of the tyre, such as tyre abrasion, mileage, rolling resistance, wet grip, external rolling noise, snow grip or ice grip;

21. (21)

    ‘tyre type’ means a version of a tyre for which the technical characteristics on the tyre label, the product information sheet and the tyre type identifier are the same for all units of that version;

22. (22)

    ‘verification tolerance’ means the maximum admissible deviation between the measurement and calculation results of the verification tests performed by, or on behalf of, market surveillance authorities, and the values of the declared or published parameters, reflecting deviation arising from interlaboratory variation;

23. (23)

    ‘tyre type identifier’ means a code, usually alphanumeric, which distinguishes a specific tyre type from other tyre types that have the same trade name or the same trademark as that of the supplier;

24. (24)

    ‘equivalent tyre type’ means a tyre type which is placed on the market by the same supplier as another tyre type with a different tyre type identifier and which has the same technical characteristics that are relevant to the tyre label and the same product information sheet.