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dangerous product

General Product Safety Regulation
any product which is not a ‘safe product’

data 3 definitions

Data Act
any digital representation of acts, facts or information and any compilation of such acts, facts or information, including in the form of sound, visual or audio-visual recording
Data Governance Act
any digital representation of acts, facts or information and any compilation of such acts, facts or information, including in the form of sound, visual or audiovisual recording
Digital Markets Act
any digital representation of acts, facts or information and any compilation of such acts, facts or information, including in the form of sound, visual or audiovisual recording

data altruism

Data Governance Act
the voluntary sharing of data on the basis of the consent of data subjects to process personal data pertaining to them, or permissions of data holders to allow the use of their non-personal data without seeking or receiving a reward that goes beyond compensation related to the costs that they incur where they make their data available for objectives of general interest as provided for in national law, where applicable, such as healthcare, combating climate change, improving mobility, facilitating the development, production and dissemination of official statistics, improving the provision of public services, public policy making or scientific research purposes in the general interest

data carrier 2 definitions

Critical Raw Materials Act
a linear bar code symbol, a two-dimensional symbol or other automatic identification data capture medium that can be read by a device
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
a linear barcode symbol, a two-dimensional symbol or other automatic identification data capture medium that can be read by a device

data centre service

NIS2 Directive
a service that encompasses structures, or groups of structures, dedicated to the centralised accommodation, interconnection and operation of IT and network equipment providing data storage, processing and transport services together with all the facilities and infrastructures for power distribution and environmental control

data concerning health 4 definitions

EPPO Regulation
personal data related to the physical or mental health of a natural person, including the provision of health care services, which reveal information about his/her health status
EU Institutions Data Protection Regulation
personal data related to the physical or mental health of a natural person, including the provision of healthcare services, which reveal information about his or her health status
GDPR
personal data related to the physical or mental health of a natural person, including the provision of health care services, which reveal information about his or her health status
Law Enforcement Directive
personal data related to the physical or mental health of a natural person, including the provision of health care services, which reveal information about his or her health status

data egress charges

Data Act
data transfer fees charged to customers for extracting their data through the network from the ICT infrastructure of a provider of data processing services to the system of a different provider or to on-premises ICT infrastructure

data holder 2 definitions

Data Act
a natural or legal person that has the right or obligation, in accordance with this Regulation, applicable Union law or national legislation adopted in accordance with Union law, to use and make available data, including, where contractually agreed, product data or related service data which it has retrieved or generated during the provision of a related service
Data Governance Act
a legal person, including public sector bodies and international organisations, or a natural person who is not a data subject with respect to the specific data in question, which, in accordance with applicable Union or national law, has the right to grant access to or to share certain personal data or non-personal data

data intermediation service 2 definitions

Data Act
data intermediation service as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Regulation (EU) 2022/868
Data Governance Act
a service which aims to establish commercial relationships for the purposes of data sharing between an undetermined number of data subjects and data holders on the one hand and data users on the other, through technical, legal or other means, including for the purpose of exercising the rights of data subjects in relation to personal data, excluding at least the following:

data processing service

Data Act
a digital service that is provided to a customer and that enables ubiquitous and on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable, scalable and elastic computing resources of a centralised, distributed or highly distributed nature that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction

data recipient

Data Act
a natural or legal person, acting for purposes which are related to that person’s trade, business, craft or profession, other than the user of a connected product or related service, to whom the data holder makes data available, including a third party following a request by the user to the data holder or in accordance with a legal obligation under Union law or national legislation adopted in accordance with Union law

data reporting service provider

DORA
a data reporting service provider within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, as referred to in Article 2(1), points (34) to (36) thereof

data reporting services provider

MiFID II
an APA, a CTP or an ARM. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 89 to specify some technical elements of the definitions laid down in paragraph 1, to adjust them to market developments, technological developments and experience of behaviour that is prohibited under Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 and to ensure the uniform application of this Directive.

data sharing

Data Governance Act
the provision of data by a data subject or a data holder to a data user for the purpose of the joint or individual use of such data, based on voluntary agreements or Union or national law, directly or through an intermediary, for example under open or commercial licences subject to a fee or free of charge

data subject 2 definitions

Data Act
data subject as referred to in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
Data Governance Act
data subject as referred to in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679

data traffic records

Market Abuse Regulation
records of traffic data as defined in point (b) of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (22)

data user

Data Governance Act
a natural or legal person who has lawful access to certain personal or non-personal data and has the right, including under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in the case of personal data, to use that data for commercial or non-commercial purposes

date of minimum durability of a food

Food Information to Consumers Regulation
the date until which the food retains its specific properties when properly stored

dealer

Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
a distributor or any other natural or legal person that offers products for sale, hire or hire purchase, or that displays products, to end users in the course of a commercial activity, including through distance selling; and includes any natural or legal person that puts a product into service in the course of a commercial activity

dealing on own account 3 definitions

Investment Firms Regulation
dealing on own account as defined in point (6) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU
MiFID II
trading against proprietary capital resulting in the conclusion of transactions in one or more financial instruments
MiFIR
dealing on own account as defined in Article 4(1)(6) of Directive 2014/65/EU

debt instruments

SRM Regulation
bonds and other forms of transferable debt, instruments creating or acknowledging a debt, and instruments giving rights to acquire debt instruments

debt securities

Transparency Directive
bonds or other forms of transferable securitised debts, with the exception of securities which are equivalent to shares in companies or which, if converted or if the rights conferred by them are exercised, give rise to a right to acquire shares or securities equivalent to shares

debtor in possession

Insolvency Regulation (recast)
a debtor in respect of which insolvency proceedings have been opened which do not necessarily involve the appointment of an insolvency practitioner or the complete transfer of the rights and duties to administer the debtor's assets to an insolvency practitioner and where, therefore, the debtor remains totally or at least partially in control of its assets and affairs

decline of pollinator populations

Nature Restoration Law
a decrease in abundance or diversity, or both, of pollinators

decommissioning

F-gas Regulation
the permanent removal from operation or usage of a product or of equipment that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases, including the final shutdown of a facility

deep fake

AI Act
AI-generated or manipulated image, audio or video content that resembles existing persons, objects, places, entities or events and would falsely appear to a person to be authentic or truthful

default fund

CRR
a fund established by a CCP in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and used in accordance with Article 45 of that Regulation

default taker

Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR)
the natural or legal persons or class of natural or legal persons who are the beneficiaries of a discretionary trust should the trustees fail to exercise their discretion

default value 2 definitions

CBAM Regulation
a value, which is calculated or drawn from secondary data, which represents the embedded emissions in goods
Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
a value derived from a typical value by the application of pre-determined factors and that may, in circumstances specified in this Directive, be used in place of an actual value.

deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability

CRR
deferred tax assets the future value of which may be realised only in the event the institution generates taxable profit in the future

defined benefit pension fund assets

CRR
the assets of a defined pension fund or plan, as applicable, calculated after they have been reduced by the amount of obligations under the same fund or plan

deforestation

Deforestation Regulation
the conversion of forest to agricultural use, whether human-induced or not

delay

Rail Passengers' Rights Regulation (recast)
the time difference between the time the passenger was scheduled to arrive in accordance with the published timetable and the time of his or her actual or expected arrival at the station of final destination

delegated operator

Electricity Regulation (recast)
an entity to whom specific tasks or obligations entrusted to a transmission system operator or nominated electricity market operator under this Regulation or other Union legal acts have been delegated by that transmission system operator or NEMO or have been assigned by a Member State or regulatory authority

demand response 2 definitions

Electricity Market Directive (recast)
the change of electricity load by final customers from their normal or current consumption patterns in response to market signals, including in response to time-variable electricity prices or incentive payments, or in response to the acceptance of the final customer's bid to sell demand reduction or increase at a price in an organised market as defined in point (4) of Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1348/2014 (17), whether alone or through aggregation
Electricity Regulation (recast)
demand response as defined in point (20) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944

dematerialised form

CSDR
the fact that financial instruments exist only as book entry records

demonstration project

Electricity Regulation (recast)
a project which demonstrates a technology as a first of its kind in the Union and represents a significant innovation that goes well beyond the state of the art

denied boarding

Air Passenger Rights Regulation
a refusal to carry passengers on a flight, although they have presented themselves for boarding under the conditions laid down in Article 3(2), except where there are reasonable grounds to deny them boarding, such as reasons of health, safety or security, or inadequate travel documentation

deployer

AI Act
a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body using an AI system under its authority except where the AI system is used in the course of a personal non-professional activity

deposit 2 definitions

Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive
a credit balance which results from funds left in an account or from temporary situations deriving from normal banking transactions and which a credit institution is required to repay under the legal and contractual conditions applicable, including a fixed-term deposit and a savings deposit, but excluding a credit balance where:
MiCA
a deposit as defined in Article 2(1), point (3), of Directive 2014/49/EU

deposit guarantee scheme 2 definitions

BRRD
a deposit guarantee scheme introduced and officially recognised by a Member State pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2014/49/EU
SRM Regulation
a deposit guarantee scheme introduced and officially recognised by a Member State pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2014/49/EU

depositary receipts 2 definitions

MiFID II
those securities which are negotiable on the capital market and which represent ownership of the securities of a non-domiciled issuer while being able to be admitted to trading on a regulated market and traded independently of the securities of the non-domiciled issuer
MiFIR
depositary receipts as defined in Article 4(1)(45) of Directive 2014/65/EU

depositor 3 definitions

BRRD
a depositor as defined in point (6) of Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/49/EU
Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive
the holder or, in the case of a joint account, each of the holders, of a deposit
SRM Regulation
a depositor as defined in Article 2(1)(6) of Directive 2014/49/EU

derivative 2 definitions

Medical Devices Regulation
a ‘non-cellular substance’ extracted from human or animal tissue or cells through a manufacturing process. The final substance used for manufacturing of the device in this case does not contain any cells or tissues
SRM Regulation
a derivative as defined in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012

derivatives 4 definitions

Investment Firms Directive
derivatives as defined in point (29) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (19)
Investment Firms Regulation
derivatives as defined in point (29) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
MiFID II
derivatives as defined in Article 2(1)(29) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014
MiFIR
those financial instruments defined in point (44)(c) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU; and referred to in Annex I, Section C (4) to (10) thereto

descriptive name

Food Information to Consumers Regulation
a name providing a description of the food, and if necessary of its use, which is sufficiently clear to enable consumers to know its true nature and distinguish it from other products with which it might be confused

design contests 2 definitions

Public Procurement Directive
those procedures which enable the contracting authority to acquire, mainly in the fields of town and country planning, architecture and engineering or data processing, a plan or design selected by a jury after being put out to competition with or without the award of prizes
Utilities Procurement Directive
those procedures which enable the contracting entity to acquire, mainly in the fields of town and country planning, architecture, engineering or data processing, a plan or design selected by a jury after being put out to competition with or without the award of prizes

designated authority

Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive
a body which administers a DGS pursuant to this Directive, or, where the operation of the DGS is administered by a private entity, a public authority designated by the Member State concerned for supervising that scheme pursuant to this Directive. 2. Where this Directive refers to Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, a body which administers a DGS or, where the operation of the DGS is administered by a private entity, the public authority supervising that scheme, shall, for the purpose of that Regulation, be considered to be a competent authority as defined in Article 4(2) of that Regulation. 3. Shares in Irish or United Kingdom building societies apart from those of a capital nature covered in point (b) of Article 5(1) shall be treated as deposits.

designated national macroprudential authority

BRRD
the authority entrusted with the conduct of macroprudential policy referred to in Recommendation B1 of the Recommendation of the European Systemic Risk Board of 22 December 2011 on the macroprudential mandate of national authorities (ESRB/2011/3)

destruction 2 definitions

Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
the intentional damaging or discarding of a product as waste with the exception of discarding for the sole purpose of delivering the discarded product for preparing for reuse, including refurbishment or remanufacturing operations
F-gas Regulation
the process of transforming or decomposing, permanently and as completely as possible, a fluorinated greenhouse gas into one or more stable substances that are not fluorinated greenhouse gases

destruction and removal efficiency

Methane Regulation
the mass percentage of methane that is destroyed or removed after combustion has ceased relative to the quantity of methane entering the flare stack

device deficiency 2 definitions

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
any inadequacy in the identity, quality, durability, reliability, safety or performance of a device for performance study, including malfunction, use errors or inadequacy in information supplied by the manufacturer
Medical Devices Regulation
any inadequacy in the identity, quality, durability, reliability, safety or performance of an investigational device, including malfunction, use errors or inadequacy in information supplied by the manufacturer

device for near-patient testing

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
any device that is not intended for self-testing but is intended to perform testing outside a laboratory environment, generally near to, or at the side of, the patient by a health professional

device for performance study

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
a device intended by the manufacturer to be used in a performance study. A device intended to be used for research purposes, without any medical objective, shall not be deemed to be a device for performance study

device for self-testing

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
any device intended by the manufacturer to be used by lay persons, including devices used for testing services offered to lay persons by means of information society services

diagnostic sensitivity

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
the ability of a device to identify the presence of a target marker associated with a particular disease or condition

diagnostic specificity

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
the ability of a device to recognise the absence of a target marker associated with a particular disease or condition

digital assets

Data Act
elements in digital form, including applications, for which the customer has the right of use, independently from the contractual relationship with the data processing service it intends to switch from

digital content 4 definitions

Consumer Rights Directive
data which are produced and supplied in digital form
Digital Content Directive
data which are produced and supplied in digital form
PSD2
goods or services which are produced and supplied in digital form, the use or consumption of which is restricted to a technical device and which do not include in any way the use or consumption of physical goods or services
Sale of Goods Directive
data which are produced and supplied in digital form

digital environment

Digital Content Directive
hardware, software and any network connection used by the consumer to access or make use of digital content or a digital service

digital labour platform

Platform Work Directive
a natural or legal person providing a service which meets all of the following requirements:

digital operational resilience

DORA
the ability of a financial entity to build, assure and review its operational integrity and reliability by ensuring, either directly or indirectly through the use of services provided by ICT third-party service providers, the full range of ICT-related capabilities needed to address the security of the network and information systems which a financial entity uses, and which support the continued provision of financial services and their quality, including throughout disruptions

digital product passport

Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
a set of data specific to a product that includes the information specified in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 and that is accessible via electronic means through a data carrier in accordance with Chapter III

digital product passport service provider

Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
a natural or legal person that is an independent third-party authorised by the economic operator which places the product on the market or puts it into service and that processes the digital product passport data for that product for the purpose of making such data available to economic operators and other relevant actors with a right to access those data under this Regulation or other Union law

digital sector

Digital Markets Act
the sector of products and services provided by means of, or through, information society services

digital service 2 definitions

NIS Directive
a service within the meaning of point (b) of Article 1(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council (17) which is of a type listed in Annex III
NIS2 Directive
a service as defined in Article 1(1), point (b), of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council (30)

digital service provider 2 definitions

Cybersecurity Act
a digital service provider as defined in point (6) of Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2016/1148
NIS Directive
any legal person that provides a digital service

Digital Services Coordinator of destination

Digital Services Act
the Digital Services Coordinator of a Member State where the intermediary service is provided

Digital Services Coordinator of establishment

Digital Services Act
the Digital Services Coordinator of the Member State where the main establishment of a provider of an intermediary service is located or its legal representative resides or is established

dilution risk

CRR
the risk that an amount receivable is reduced through cash or non-cash credits to the obligor

direct debit 2 definitions

Geo-blocking Regulation
direct debit as defined in point (23) of Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366
PSD2
a payment service for debiting a payer’s payment account, where a payment transaction is initiated by the payee on the basis of the consent given by the payer to the payee, to the payee’s payment service provider or to the payer’s own payment service provider

direct discrimination

Pay Transparency Directive
the situation in which one person is treated less favourably on grounds of sex than another person is, has been or would be treated in a comparable situation

direct electronic access

MiFID II
an arrangement where a member or participant or client of a trading venue permits a person to use its trading code so the person can electronically transmit orders relating to a financial instrument directly to the trading venue and includes arrangements which involve the use by a person of the infrastructure of the member or participant or client, or any connecting system provided by the member or participant or client, to transmit the orders (direct market access) and arrangements where such an infrastructure is not used by a person (sponsored access)

direct emissions

CBAM Regulation
emissions from the production processes of goods, including emissions from the production of heating and cooling that is consumed during the production processes, irrespective of the location of the production of the heating or cooling

direct line 2 definitions

Electricity Market Directive (recast)
either an electricity line linking an isolated generation site with an isolated customer or an electricity line linking a producer and an electricity supply undertaking to supply directly their own premises, subsidiaries and customers
Gas Directive
a natural gas pipeline complementary to the interconnected system

direct measurement

Methane Regulation
measurement of the methane emissions at source-level with a measuring device which allows such a measurement

direct wholesale roaming access

Roaming Regulation (recast)
the making available of facilities and/or services by a mobile network operator to another undertaking, under defined conditions, for the purpose of that other undertaking providing regulated roaming services to roaming customers

directory

EU Institutions Data Protection Regulation
a publicly available directory of users or an internal directory of users available within a Union institution or body or shared between Union institutions and bodies, whether in printed or electronic form

disclosing market participant

Market Abuse Regulation
a person who falls into any of the categories set out in points (a) to (d) of Article 11(1) or of Article 11(2), and discloses information in the course of a market sounding

discretionary pension benefits 2 definitions

CRD IV
discretionary pension benefits as defined in point (73) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
CRR
enhanced pension benefits granted on a discretionary basis by an institution to an employee as part of that employee's variable remuneration package, which do not include accrued benefits granted to an employee under the terms of the company pension scheme

dishwasher

Critical Raw Materials Act
a machine which cleans and rinses tableware

dissemination to the public

Digital Services Act
making information available, at the request of the recipient of the service who provided the information, to a potentially unlimited number of third parties

distance contract 4 definitions

Consumer Rights Directive
any contract concluded between the trader and the consumer under an organised distance sales or service-provision scheme without the simultaneous physical presence of the trader and the consumer, with the exclusive use of one or more means of distance communication up to and including the time at which the contract is concluded
Digital Services Act
‘distance contract’ as defined in Article 2, point (7), of Directive 2011/83/EU
Distance Marketing of Financial Services Directive
any contract concerning financial services concluded between a supplier and a consumer under an organised distance sales or service-provision scheme run by the supplier, who, for the purpose of that contract, makes exclusive use of one or more means of distance communication up to and including the time at which the contract is concluded
General Product Safety Regulation
a distance contract as defined in Article 2, point (7), of Directive 2011/83/EU

distance contracts

Batteries Regulation
distance contracts as defined in Article 2, point (7), of Directive 2011/83/EU

distance selling

Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
the offer for sale, hire or hire purchase of products, online or through other means of distance sales, whereby the potential customer cannot physically access the product

distributable items

CRR
the amount of the profits at the end of the last financial year plus any profits brought forward and reserves available for that purpose before distributions to holders of own funds instruments less any losses brought forward, profits which are non-distributable pursuant to provisions in legislation or the institution's bye-laws and sums placed to non-distributable reserves in accordance with applicable national law or the statutes of the institution, those losses and reserves being determined on the basis of the individual accounts of the institution and not on the basis of the consolidated accounts. 2. Where reference in this Regulation is made to real estate or residential or commercial immovable property or a mortgage on such property, it shall include shares in Finnish residential housing companies operating in accordance with the Finnish Housing Company Act of 1991 or subsequent equivalent legislation. Member States or their competent authorities may allow shares constituting an equivalent indirect holding of real estate to be treated as a direct holding of real estate provided that such an indirect holding is specifically regulated in the national law of the Member State concerned and that, when pledged as collateral, it provides equivalent protection to creditors. 3. Trade finance as referred to in point (80) of paragraph 1 is generally uncommitted and requires satisfactory supporting transactional documentation for each drawdown request enabling refusal of the finance in the event of any doubt about credit-worthiness or the supporting transactional documentation. Repayment of trade finance exposures is usually independent of the borrower, the funds instead coming from cash received from importers or resulting from proceeds of the sales of the underlying goods.

distributed generation 2 definitions

Electricity Market Directive (recast)
generating installations connected to the distribution system
Electricity Regulation (recast)
distributed generation as defined in point (32) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944

distributed ledger

MiCA
an information repository that keeps records of transactions and that is shared across, and synchronised between, a set of DLT network nodes using a consensus mechanism

distribution 5 definitions

Electricity Market Directive (recast)
the transport of electricity on high-voltage, medium-voltage and low-voltage distribution systems with a view to its delivery to customers, but does not include supply
Electricity Regulation (recast)
distribution as defined in point (28) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944
Electricity Risk-Preparedness Regulation
distribution as defined in point (28) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944
Gas Directive
the transport of natural gas through local or regional pipeline networks with a view to its delivery to customers, but not including supply
Methane Regulation
distribution as defined in Article 2, point (19), of Directive (EU) 2024/1788

distribution channels

MiFID Implementing Directive
distribution channels within the meaning of Article 1(7) of Commission Directive 2003/125/EC

distribution of exposures

CRR
the forecast of the probability distribution of market values that is generated by setting forecast instances of negative net market values equal to zero

distribution of market values

CRR
the forecast of the probability distribution of net market values of transactions within a netting set for a future date (the forecasting horizon), given the realised market value of those transactions at the date of the forecast

distribution system operator 8 definitions

Electricity Market Directive (recast)
a natural or legal person who is responsible for operating, ensuring the maintenance of and, if necessary, developing the distribution system in a given area and, where applicable, its interconnections with other systems, and for ensuring the long-term ability of the system to meet reasonable demands for the distribution of electricity
Electricity Regulation (recast)
distribution system operator as defined in point (29) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944
Electricity Risk-Preparedness Regulation
distribution system operator as defined in point (29) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944
Energy Efficiency Directive
'distribution system operator' as defined in Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC respectively
Energy Union Governance Regulation
'distribution system operator' as defined in point (6) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/72/EC and in point (6) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/73/EC
Gas Directive
a natural or legal person who carries out the function of distribution and is responsible for operating, ensuring the maintenance of, and, if necessary, developing the distribution system in a given area and, where applicable, its interconnections with other systems, and for ensuring the long-term ability of the system to meet reasonable demands for the distribution of gas
Methane Regulation
distribution system operator as defined in Article 2, point (20), of Directive (EU) 2024/1788
Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
an operator as defined in point (6) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/72/EC and in point (6) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (25)

distributions

CRR
the payment of dividends or interest in any form

distributor 10 definitions

AI Act
a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the provider or the importer, that makes an AI system available on the Union market
Batteries Regulation
any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a battery available on the market
Cosmetics Regulation
any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a cosmetic product available on the Community market
Cyber Resilience Act
a natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, that makes a product with digital elements available on the Union market without affecting its properties
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, that makes a product available on the market
European Accessibility Act
any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a product available on the market
General Product Safety Regulation
any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a product available on the market
In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, that makes a device available on the market, up until the point of putting into service
Machinery Regulation
any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a product within the scope of this Regulation available on the market
Medical Devices Regulation
any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, that makes a device available on the market, up until the point of putting into service

diversification effects

Solvency II Directive
the reduction in the risk exposure of insurance and reinsurance undertakings and groups related to the diversification of their business, resulting from the fact that the adverse outcome from one risk can be offset by a more favourable outcome from another risk, where those risks are not fully correlated

DLT network node

MiCA
a device or process that is part of a network and that holds a complete or partial replica of records of all transactions on a distributed ledger

DNS service provider 2 definitions

NIS Directive
an entity which provides DNS services on the internet
NIS2 Directive
an entity that provides:

document

Public Access to Documents Regulation
any content whatever its medium (written on paper or stored in electronic form or as a sound, visual or audiovisual recording) concerning a matter relating to the policies, activities and decisions falling within the institution's sphere of responsibility

domain name system (DNS)

NIS Directive
a hierarchical distributed naming system in a network which refers queries for domain names

domestic dispute

Consumer ADR Directive
a contractual dispute arising from a sales or service contract where, at the time the consumer orders the goods or services, the consumer is resident in the same Member State as that in which the trader is established

domestic provider

Roaming Regulation (recast)
an undertaking that provides a roaming customer with domestic mobile communications services

domestic rail passenger service

Rail Passengers' Rights Regulation (recast)
a rail passenger service which does not cross a border of a Member State

domestic representative action

Collective Redress Directive
a representative action brought by a qualified entity in the Member State in which the qualified entity was designated

domestically authorised institution

CRD IV
an institution that has been authorised in the Member State for which a particular designated authority is responsible for setting the countercyclical buffer rate

downstream provider

AI Act
a provider of an AI system, including a general-purpose AI system, which integrates an AI model, regardless of whether the AI model is provided by themselves and vertically integrated or provided by another entity based on contractual relations.

draft standard

European Standardisation Regulation
a document containing the text of the technical specifications concerning a given subject, which is being considered for adoption in accordance with the relevant standards procedure, as that document stands after the preparatory work and as circulated for public comment or scrutiny

drainage station

Methane Regulation
a station which collects methane from a coal mine gas drainage system

drainage system

Methane Regulation
a system which may comprise multiple methane sources and which drains methane-rich gas from coal seams or surrounding rock strata and transports it to a drainage station

durability 2 definitions

Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
the ability of a product to maintain over time its function and performance under specified conditions of use, maintenance and repair
Sale of Goods Directive
the ability of the goods to maintain their required functions and performance through normal use

durable medium 16 definitions

Consumer Credit Directive
any instrument which enables the consumer to store information addressed personally to him in a way accessible for future reference for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored
Consumer Rights Directive
any instrument which enables the consumer or the trader to store information addressed personally to him in a way accessible for future reference for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored
Crowdfunding Regulation
an instrument which enables the storage of information in a way that is accessible for future reference and for a period of time that is adequate for the purposes of the information, and which allows for the unchanged reproduction of the information stored
Digital Content Directive
any instrument which enables the consumer or the trader to store information addressed personally to that person in a way that is accessible for future reference, for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored.
Distance Marketing of Financial Services Directive
any instrument which enables the consumer to store information addressed personally to him in a way accessible for future reference for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored
IORP II
an instrument which enables a member or a beneficiary to store information addressed personally to that member or beneficiary in a way that is accessible for future reference and for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored
Insurance Distribution Directive
any instrument which:
MiFID II
any instrument which:
MiFID Implementing Directive
any instrument which enables a client to store information addressed personally to that client in a way accessible for future reference for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored
Mortgage Credit Directive
durable medium as defined in point (m) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/48/EC.
PRIIPs Regulation
a durable medium as defined in point (m) of Article 2(1) of Directive 2009/65/EC
PSD2
any instrument which enables the payment service user to store information addressed personally to that payment service user in a way accessible for future reference for a period of time adequate to the purposes of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored
Package Travel Directive
any instrument which enables the traveller or the trader to store information addressed personally to him in a way accessible for future reference for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored
Platform-to-Business Regulation
any instrument which enables business users to store information addressed personally to them in a way accessible for future reference and for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored.
Prospectus Regulation
any instrument which:
Sale of Goods Directive
any instrument which enables the consumer or the seller to store information addressed personally to that person in a way that is accessible for future reference, for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information, and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored

dynamic electricity price contract

Electricity Market Directive (recast)
an electricity supply contract between a supplier and a final customer that reflects the price variation in the spot markets, including in the day-ahead and intraday markets, at intervals at least equal to the market settlement frequency