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facial image 4 definitions

ECRIS-TCN Regulation
a digital image of a person's face
Entry/Exit System (EES) Regulation
digital images of the face
SIS Borders Regulation
digital images of the face with sufficient image resolution and quality to be used in automated biometric matching
SIS Police Cooperation Regulation
digital images of the face with sufficient image resolution and quality to be used in automated biometric matching

facilitator

Whistleblower Protection Directive
a natural person who assists a reporting person in the reporting process in a work-related context, and whose assistance should be confidential

facility

E-PRTR Regulation
one or more installations on the same site that are operated by the same natural or legal person

facility grade

CRR
a risk category within a rating system's facility scale, to which exposures are assigned on the basis of a specified and distinct set of rating criteria from which own estimates of LGD are derived

fair and reasonable conditions

Horizon Europe Regulation
appropriate conditions, including possible financial terms or royalty-free conditions, taking into account the specific circumstances of the request for access, for example the actual or potential value of the results or background to which access is requested and/or the scope, duration or other characteristics of the exploitation envisaged

fair rate of return (FRR)

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
the expected rate of return equivalent to a risk-adjusted discount rate which reflects the level of risk of a project and the nature and level of capital the private investors plan to invest

falsified device 2 definitions

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
any device with a false presentation of its identity and/or of its source and/or its CE marking certificates or documents relating to CE marking procedures. This definition does not include unintentional non-compliance and is without prejudice to infringements of intellectual property rights
Medical Devices Regulation
any device with a false presentation of its identity and/or of its source and/or its CE marking certificates or documents relating to CE marking procedures. This definition does not include unintentional non-compliance and is without prejudice to infringements of intellectual property rights

family benefit

Social Security Coordination Regulation
all benefits in kind or in cash intended to meet family expenses, excluding advances of maintenance payments and special childbirth and adoption allowances mentioned in Annex I.

family members 2 definitions

Blue Card Directive (recast)
third-country nationals who are family members as referred to in Article 4(1) of Directive 2003/86/EC
Dublin III Regulation
insofar as the family already existed in the country of origin, the following members of the applicant’s family who are present on the territory of the Member States: — the spouse of the applicant or his or her unmarried partner in a stable relationship, where the law or practice of the Member State concerned treats unmarried couples in a way comparable to married couples under its law relating to third-country nationals, — the minor children of couples referred to in the first indent or of the applicant, on condition that they are unmarried and regardless of whether they were born in or out of wedlock or adopted as defined under national law, — when the applicant is a minor and unmarried, the father, mother or another adult responsible for the applicant, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the adult is present, — when the beneficiary of international protection is a minor and unmarried, the father, mother or another adult responsible for him or her whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the beneficiary is present

family of benchmarks

Benchmarks Regulation
a group of benchmarks provided by the same administrator and determined from input data of the same nature which provides specific measures of the same or similar market or economic reality

farmer 2 definitions

CAP Strategic Plans Regulation
a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status granted to such group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within the territorial scope of the Treaties, as defined in Article 52 of the Treaty on European Union in conjunction with Articles 349 and 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and who exercises an agricultural activity as determined by Member States in accordance with Article 4(2) of this Regulation
Organic Farming Regulation
a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status of that group and its members under national law, who exercises an agricultural activity

favourable conservation status for a habitat

Nature Restoration Law
favourable conservation status within the meaning of Article 1, point (e), of Directive 92/43/EEC

favourable conservation status for a species

Nature Restoration Law
favourable conservation status within the meaning of Article 1, point (i), of Directive 92/43/EEC

favourable reference area

Nature Restoration Law
the total area of a habitat type in a given biogeographical or marine region at national level that is considered the minimum necessary to ensure the long-term viability of the habitat type and its typical species or typical species composition, and all the significant ecological variations of that habitat type in its natural range, and which is composed of the current area of the habitat type and, if that area is not sufficient for the long-term viability of the habitat type and its typical species or typical species composition, the additional area necessary for the re-establishment of the habitat type; where the habitat type concerned is listed in Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC, such re-establishment contributes to reaching favourable conservation status for a habitat and, in marine ecosystems, such re-establishment contributes to achieving or maintaining good environmental status

feasibility study

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
the evaluation and analysis of the potential of a project, which aims at supporting the process of decision-making by objectively and rationally uncovering its strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats, as well as identifying the resources required to carry it through and ultimately its prospects for success

feed 2 definitions

Official Controls Regulation
feed as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Organic Farming Regulation
feed as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002

feed additives 3 definitions

Feed Additives Regulation
substances, micro-organisms or preparations, other than feed material and premixtures, which are intentionally added to feed or water in order to perform, in particular, one or more of the functions mentioned in Article 5(3)
Feed Hygiene Regulation
substances or micro-organisms authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (10)
Organic Farming Regulation
feed additives as defined in point (a) of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (44)

feed business operator

Feed Hygiene Regulation
the natural or legal person responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the present Regulation are met within the feed business under their control

feed hygiene

Feed Hygiene Regulation
the measures and conditions necessary to control hazards and to ensure fitness for animal consumption of a feed, taking into account its intended use

feed law

Official Controls Regulation
the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing feed in general and feed safety in particular, whether at Union or national level at any stage of production, processing and distribution or use of feed

feed materials 2 definitions

Feed Additives Regulation
products as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996 on the circulation of feed materials (13)
Organic Farming Regulation
feed materials as defined in point (g) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (41)

feedback

Whistleblower Protection Directive
the provision to the reporting person of information on the action envisaged or taken as follow-up and on the grounds for such follow-up

feeder AIF

AIFMD
an AIF which:

feedstock

F-gas Regulation
any fluorinated greenhouse gas listed in Annex I or II, that undergoes chemical transformation in a process in which it is entirely converted from its original composition and whose emissions are insignificant

fees

Payment Accounts Directive
all charges and penalties, if any, payable by the consumer to the payment service provider for or in relation to services linked to a payment account

fiduciary entity

Union Space Programme Regulation
a legal entity that is independent from the Commission or a third party and that receives data from the Commission or that third party for the purpose of safe storage and treatment of those data.

field of vision

Food Information to Consumers Regulation
all the surfaces of a package that can be read from a single viewing point

field safety corrective action 2 definitions

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
corrective action taken by a manufacturer for technical or medical reasons to prevent or reduce the risk of a serious incident in relation to a device made available on the market
Medical Devices Regulation
corrective action taken by a manufacturer for technical or medical reasons to prevent or reduce the risk of a serious incident in relation to a device made available on the market

field safety notice 2 definitions

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
a communication sent by a manufacturer to users or customers in relation to a field safety corrective action
Medical Devices Regulation
a communication sent by a manufacturer to users or customers in relation to a field safety corrective action

filing system 4 definitions

EPPO Regulation
any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis
EU Institutions Data Protection Regulation
any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis
GDPR
any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis
Law Enforcement Directive
any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis

final customer 4 definitions

Electricity Market Directive (recast)
a customer who purchases electricity for own use
Electricity Regulation (recast)
final customer as defined in point (3) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2019/944
Energy Efficiency Directive
a natural or legal person who purchases energy for own end use
Gas Directive
a customer purchasing natural gas for his own use

final decision

Collective Redress Directive
a decision by a court or administrative authority of a Member State that cannot or can no longer be reviewed by ordinary means of appeal

final destination

Air Passenger Rights Regulation
the destination on the ticket presented at the check-in counter or, in the case of directly connecting flights, the destination of the last flight; alternative connecting flights available shall not be taken into account if the original planned arrival time is respected

final distributor

Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
the natural or legal person in the supply chain that delivers packaged products, including through re-use, or products that can be purchased through refill to the end user

final energy consumption 2 definitions

Energy Efficiency Directive
all energy supplied to industry, transport, households, services and agriculture. It excludes deliveries to the energy transformation sector and the energy industries themselves
Energy Union Governance Regulation
final energy consumption as defined in point (3) of Article 2 of Directive 2012/27/EU

final recipient 2 definitions

Common Provisions Regulation (2014-2020)
a legal or natural person receiving financial support from a financial instrument
Common Provisions Regulation (2021-2027)
a legal or natural person receiving support from the Funds through a beneficiary of a small project fund or from a financial instrument

final regulatory action

PIC Regulation (Hazardous Chemicals Export/Import)
a legally binding act the purpose of which is to ban or severely restrict a chemical

final user

Plant Health Regulation
any person acting for purposes which are outside that person's trade, business or profession who acquires plants or plant products for personal use

finance agreement

WEEE Directive
any loan, lease, hiring or deferred sale agreement or arrangement relating to any equipment whether or not the terms of that agreement or arrangement or any collateral agreement or arrangement provide that a transfer of ownership of that equipment will or may take place

financial analyst 2 definitions

MiFID II Delegated Regulation
a relevant person who produces the substance of investment research
MiFID Implementing Directive
a relevant person who produces the substance of investment research

financial asset

European Green Bonds Regulation
debt or equity, or a combination thereof

financial collateral arrangement

Financial Collateral Arrangements Directive
a title transfer financial collateral arrangement or a security financial collateral arrangement whether or not these are covered by a master agreement or general terms and conditions

financial conglomerate

SSM Regulation
a financial conglomerate as defined in point 14 of Article 2 of Directive 2002/87/EC

financial contracts

CCP Recovery and Resolution Regulation
contracts and agreements as defined in point 100 of Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/59/EU

financial contribution 2 definitions

InvestEU Regulation
a contribution from an implementing partner in the form of own risk-taking capacity that is provided on a pari passu basis with the EU guarantee or in another form that allows an efficient implementation of the InvestEU Programme while ensuring appropriate alignment of interest
Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation
non-repayable financial support under the Facility that is available for allocation or that has been allocated to a Member State

financial counterparty

EMIR
an investment firm authorised in accordance with Directive 2004/39/EC, a credit institution authorised in accordance with Directive 2006/48/EC, an insurance undertaking authorised in accordance with Directive 73/239/EEC, an assurance undertaking authorised in accordance with Directive 2002/83/EC, a reinsurance undertaking authorised in accordance with Directive 2005/68/EC, a UCITS and, where relevant, its management company, authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC, an institution for occupational retirement provision within the meaning of Article 6(a) of Directive 2003/41/EC and an alternative investment fund managed by AIFMs authorised or registered in accordance with Directive 2011/61/EU

financial customer 2 definitions

CRR
a customer that performs one or more of the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU as its main business, or is one of the following:
Liquidity Coverage Ratio Delegated Regulation
a customer that performs one or more of the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU as its main business, or is one of the following:

financial endowment

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
a repayable public investment made to a financial intermediary for the purposes of making investments under a risk finance measure, and where all the proceeds shall be returned to the public investor

financial holding company 7 definitions

BRRD
a financial holding company as defined in point (20) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
CRD IV
financial holding company as defined in point (20) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
CRR
a financial institution, the subsidiaries of which are exclusively or mainly institutions or financial institutions, at least one of such subsidiaries being an institution, and which is not a mixed financial holding company
EMIR
a financial institution, the subsidiary undertakings of which are either exclusively or mainly credit institutions or financial institutions, at least one of such subsidiary undertakings being a credit institution, and which is not a mixed financial holding company within the meaning of Article 2(15) of Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate (25)
Investment Firms Regulation
a financial holding company as defined in point (20) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
SRM Regulation
a financial holding company as defined in Article 4(1)(20) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
SSM Regulation
a financial holding company as defined in point 20 of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013

financial holding undertakings

Accounting Directive
undertakings the sole object of which is to acquire holdings in other undertakings and to manage such holdings and turn them to profit, without involving themselves directly or indirectly in the management of those undertakings, without prejudice to their rights as shareholders

financial institution 9 definitions

BRRD
a financial institution as defined in point (26) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
CRD IV
financial institution as defined in point (26) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
CRR
an undertaking other than an institution, the principal activity of which is to acquire holdings or to pursue one or more of the activities listed in points 2 to 12 and point 15 of Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU, including a financial holding company, a mixed financial holding company, a payment institution within the meaning of Directive 2007/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on payment services in the internal market (23), and an asset management company, but excluding insurance holding companies and mixed-activity insurance holding companies as defined in point (g) of Article 212(1) of Directive 2009/138/E
EMIR
an undertaking other than a credit institution, the principal activity of which is to acquire holdings or to carry on one or more of the activities listed in points (2) to (12) of Annex I to Directive 2006/48/EC
ESRB Regulation
any undertaking that falls within the scope of the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 and of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010, as well as any other undertaking or entity in the Union whose main business is of a similar nature
Investment Firms Directive
a financial institution as defined in point (14) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033
Investment Firms Regulation
an undertaking other than a credit institution or investment firm, and other than a pure industrial holding company, the principal activity of which is to acquire holdings or to pursue one or more of the activities listed in points (2) to (12) and point (15) of Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU, including a financial holding company, a mixed financial holding company, an investment holding company, a payment institution within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council (18), and an asset management company, but excluding insurance holding companies and mixed‐activity insurance holding companies as defined in point (g) of Article 212(1) of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (19)
Market Abuse Regulation
a financial institution as defined in point (26) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
SRM Regulation
a financial institution as defined in Article 4(1)(26) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013

financial institutions 2 definitions

EBA Regulation
‘credit institutions’ as defined in Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/48/EC, ‘investment firms’ as defined in Article 3(1)(b) of Directive 2006/49/EC, and ‘financial conglomerates’ as defined in Article 2(14) of Directive 2002/87/EC, save that, with regard to Directive 2005/60/EC, ‘financial institutions’ means credit institutions and financial institutions as defined in Article 3(1) and (2) of that Directive
EIOPA Regulation
undertakings, entities and natural and legal persons subject to any of the legislative acts referred to in Article 1(2). With regard to Directive 2005/60/EC, ‘financial institutions’ means only insurance undertakings and insurance intermediaries as defined in that Directive

financial instrument 17 definitions

AIFMD
an instrument as specified in Section C of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC
Benchmarks Regulation
any of the instruments listed in Section C of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU for which a request for admission to trading on a trading venue, as defined in point (24) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU, has been made or which is traded on a trading venue as defined in point (24) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU or via a systematic internaliser as defined in point (20) of Article 4(1) of that Directive
CRD IV
financial instrument as defined in point (50) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
CRR
any of the following:
Common Provisions Regulation (2021-2027)
a form of support delivered via a structure through which financial products are provided to final recipients
Credit Rating Agencies Regulation
any of the instruments listed in Section C of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments (17)
DLT Pilot Regime Regulation
a financial instrument as defined in Article 4(1), point (15), of Directive 2014/65/EU
ELTIF Regulation
a financial instrument as specified in Section C of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU
Investment Firms Regulation
a financial instrument as defined in point (15) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU
Market Abuse Regulation
a financial instrument as defined in point (15) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU
MiCA
financial instruments as defined in Article 4(1), point (15), of Directive 2014/65/EU
MiFID II
those instruments specified in Section C of Annex I
MiFIR
a financial instrument as defined in Article 4(1)(15) of Directive 2014/65/EU
Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
a financial instrument as defined in point (29) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (23)
SFTR
a financial instrument as defined in point (15) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU
SRM Regulation
financial instrument as defined in point (50) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Short Selling Regulation
an instrument listed in Section C of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC

financial instruments 3 definitions

Common Provisions Regulation (2014-2020)
financial instruments as defined in the Financial Regulation, save where otherwise provided in this Regulation
Financial Collateral Arrangements Directive
shares in companies and other securities equivalent to shares in companies and bonds and other forms of debt instruments if these are negotiable on the capital market, and any other securities which are normally dealt in and which give the right to acquire any such shares, bonds or other securities by subscription, purchase or exchange or which give rise to a cash settlement (excluding instruments of payment), including units in collective investment undertakings, money market instruments and claims relating to or rights in or in respect of any of the foregoing
PEPP Regulation
those instruments specified in Section C of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 18 )

financial interests of the Union

EPPO Regulation
all revenues, expenditures and assets covered by, acquired through, or due to the Union budget and the budgets of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies established under the Treaties and budgets managed and monitored by them

financial intermediary

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
any financial institution regardless of its form and ownership, including fund-of-funds, private equity investment funds, public investment funds, banks, micro-finance institutions and guarantee societies

financial market participant 2 definitions

ESMA Regulation
any person in relation to whom a requirement in the legislation referred to in Article 1(2) or a national law implementing such legislation applies
EU Taxonomy Regulation
a financial market participant as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and includes a manufacturer of a pension product to which a Member State has decided to apply that Regulation in accordance with Article 16 of that Regulation

financial mixed activity holding company

Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR)
an undertaking, other than a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company, which is not the subsidiary of another undertaking, the subsidiaries of which include at least one credit institution or financial institution

financial product 3 definitions

Common Provisions Regulation (2021-2027)
equity or quasi-equity investments, loans and guarantees as defined in Article 2 of the Financial Regulation
EU Taxonomy Regulation
a financial product as defined in point (12) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088
InvestEU Regulation
a financial mechanism or arrangement under the terms of which the implementing partner provides direct or intermediated financing to final recipients using any of the types of financing referred to in Article 16

financial sector entity 3 definitions

CRD IV
financial sector entity as defined in point (27) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
CRR
any of the following:
Investment Firms Regulation
a financial sector entity as defined in point (27) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013

financial service 2 definitions

Consumer Rights Directive
any service of a banking, credit, insurance, personal pension, investment or payment nature
Distance Marketing of Financial Services Directive
any service of a banking, credit, insurance, personal pension, investment or payment nature

financial supervisor

AMLD6
a supervisor in charge of credit institutions and financial institutions

financial system

ESRB Regulation
all financial institutions, markets, products and market infrastructures

financial undertaking 3 definitions

ELTIF Regulation
any of the following:
Reinsurance Directive
one of the following entities:
Solvency II Directive
any of the following entities:

financial year

CAP Strategic Plans Regulation
agricultural financial year in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.

fingerprint data 2 definitions

ECRIS-TCN Regulation
the data relating to plain and rolled impressions of the fingerprints of each of a person's fingers
Entry/Exit System (EES) Regulation
the data relating to the four fingerprints of the index, middle finger, ring finger and little finger from the right hand where present, and otherwise from the left hand

finite reinsurance

Reinsurance Directive
reinsurance under which the explicit maximum loss potential, expressed as the maximum economic risk transferred, arising both from a significant underwriting risk and timing risk transfer, exceeds the premium over the lifetime of the contract by a limited but significant amount, together with at least one of the following two features:

fire protection equipment

F-gas Regulation
the equipment and systems utilised in fire prevention or suppression applications and includes fire extinguishers

firm capacity 2 definitions

Gas Transmission Access Regulation
gas transmission capacity contractually guaranteed as uninterruptible by the transmission system operator
Security of Gas Supply Regulation
firm capacity as defined in point 16 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009

firm services

Gas Transmission Access Regulation
services offered by the transmission system operator in relation to firm capacity

first commercial sale

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
the first sale by a company on a product or service market, excluding limited sales to test the market

first loss tranche 2 definitions

CRR
the most subordinated tranche in a securitisation that is the first tranche to bear losses incurred on the securitised exposures and thereby provides protection to the second loss and, where relevant, higher ranking tranches.
Securitisation Regulation
the most subordinated tranche in a securitisation that is the first tranche to bear losses incurred on the securitised exposures and thereby provides protection to the second loss and, where relevant, higher ranking tranches.

first Member State

Blue Card Directive (recast)
the Member State which first grants a third-country national an EU Blue Card

first placing on the market

Feed Additives Regulation
the initial placing on the market of an additive after its manufacture, the import of an additive, or, where an additive has been incorporated into feed without being placed on the market, the first placing on the market of that feed. 3. Where necessary, it may be determined, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2), whether a substance, micro-organism or preparation is a feed additive within the scope of this Regulation.

first-of-a-kind

Net-Zero Industry Act
a new or substantially upgraded net-zero technology facility which provides innovation with regard to the manufacturing process of the net-zero technology that is not yet substantively present or committed to be built within the Union

first-of-a-kind facility

Chips Act
a new or substantially upgraded semiconductor manufacturing facility, or a facility for the production of equipment or key components for such equipment predominantly used in semiconductor manufacturing, which provides innovation with regard to the manufacturing process or final product that is not yet substantively present or committed to be built within the Union, including innovation that concerns improvements in computing power or in the level of security, safety or reliability, energy and environmental performance, the technology node or substrate materials, or in the implementation of production processes that lead to efficiency gains, or improves recyclability, or reduces production inputs

fiscal successor scheme

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
a scheme in the form of tax advantages which constitutes an amended version of a previously existing scheme in the form of tax advantages and which replaces it.

fishery products

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
aquatic organisms resulting from any fishing activity or products derived therefrom

fishing activity

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
searching for fish, shooting, setting, towing, hauling of a fishing gear, taking catch on board, transhipping, retaining on board, processing on board, transferring, caging, fattening and landing of fish and fishery products

fishing authorisation

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
an authorisation as defined in point (10) of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009

fishing capacity

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
a vessel's tonnage in GT (Gross Tonnage) and its power in kW (Kilowatt) as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 (19)

fishing effort

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
the product of the capacity and the activity of a fishing vessel; for a group of fishing vessels it is the sum of the fishing effort of all vessels in the group

fishing gear

Single-Use Plastics Directive
any item or piece of equipment that is used in fishing or aquaculture to target, capture or rear marine biological resources or that is floating on the sea surface, and is deployed with the objective of attracting and capturing or of rearing such marine biological resources

fishing licence

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
a licence as defined in point (9) of Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (20)

fishing mortality rate

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
the rate at which biomass or individuals are removed from a stock by means of fishery activities over a given period

fishing vessel

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
any vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of marine biological resources or a blue fin tuna trap

fittings

Gas Appliances Regulation
safety devices, controlling devices or regulating devices and sub-assemblies thereof, designed to be incorporated into an appliance or to be assembled to constitute an appliance

fixed assets

Accounting Directive
those assets which are intended for use on a continuing basis for the undertaking's activities

fixed borrowing rate

Consumer Credit Directive
that the creditor and the consumer agree in the credit agreement on one borrowing rate for the entire duration of the credit agreement or on several borrowing rates for partial periods using exclusively a fixed specific percentage. If not all borrowing rates are determined in the credit agreement, the borrowing rate shall be deemed to be fixed only for the partial periods for which the borrowing rates are determined exclusively by a fixed specific percentage agreed on the conclusion of the credit agreement

flag

SIS Police Cooperation Regulation
a suspension of the validity of an alert at the national level that may be added to alerts for arrest, alerts on missing and vulnerable persons and alerts for discreet, inquiry and specific checks

flare stack

Methane Regulation
a device equipped with a pilot burner used for flaring

flaring

Methane Regulation
the disposal of methane by controlled combustion, in a device designed for that purpose

flavour precursor

Flavourings Regulation
a product, not necessarily having flavouring properties itself, intentionally added to food for the sole purpose of producing flavour by breaking down or reacting with other components during food processing; it may be obtained from:

flavouring preparation

Flavourings Regulation
a product, other than a flavouring substance, obtained from:

flavouring substance

Flavourings Regulation
a defined chemical substance with flavouring properties

flavourings

flex fuel biodiesel vehicle

Two- or Three-Wheel Vehicles Type-Approval Regulation
a flex fuel vehicle that can run on mineral diesel or a blend of mineral diesel and biodiesel

flex fuel ethanol vehicle

Two- or Three-Wheel Vehicles Type-Approval Regulation
a flex fuel vehicle that can run on petrol or a mixture of petrol and ethanol up to an 85 % ethanol blend

flex fuel H2NG vehicle

Two- or Three-Wheel Vehicles Type-Approval Regulation
a flex fuel vehicle that can run on different blends of hydrogen and NG/biomethane

flex fuel vehicle

Two- or Three-Wheel Vehicles Type-Approval Regulation
a vehicle with one fuel storage system that can run on different blends of two or more fuels

flexible working arrangements

Work-Life Balance Directive
the possibility for workers to adjust their working patterns, including through the use of remote working arrangements, flexible working schedules, or reduced working hours. 2. The reference to working days in Articles 4 and 6 shall be understood as referring to the full-time working pattern, as defined in the Member State in question. A worker's entitlement to leave may be calculated proportionally to the worker's working time, in accordance with the working pattern specified in the worker's contract of employment or employment relationship.

flight information service

EASA Basic Regulation (Civil Aviation Safety)
a service provided for the purpose of giving advice and information useful for the safe and efficient conduct of flights

flight simulation training device

EASA Basic Regulation (Civil Aviation Safety)
any type of device in which flight conditions are simulated on the ground, including flight simulators, flight training devices, flight and navigation procedures trainers and basic instrument training devices

floating-point operation

AI Act
any mathematical operation or assignment involving floating-point numbers, which are a subset of the real numbers typically represented on computers by an integer of fixed precision scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base

foam panel

F-gas Regulation
a structure made of layers containing a foam and a rigid material, such as wood or metal, bound to one or both sides

follow-on investment

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
additional risk finance investment in a company subsequent to one or more previous risk finance investment rounds

follow-up

Whistleblower Protection Directive
any action taken by the recipient of a report or any competent authority, to assess the accuracy of the allegations made in the report and, where relevant, to address the breach reported, including through actions such as an internal enquiry, an investigation, prosecution, an action for recovery of funds, or the closure of the procedure

food 2 definitions

Official Controls Regulation
food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Organic Farming Regulation
food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (40)

food additive 2 definitions

Food Additives Regulation
any substance not normally consumed as a food in itself and not normally used as a characteristic ingredient of food, whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition of which to food for a technological purpose in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage of such food results, or may be reasonably expected to result, in it or its by-products becoming directly or indirectly a component of such foods; The following are not considered to be food additives:
Organic Farming Regulation
a food additive as defined in point (a) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (43)

food and feed crops 2 definitions

Energy Union Governance Regulation
food and feed crops as defined in point (40) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
starch-rich crops, sugar crops or oil crops produced on agricultural land as a main crop excluding residues, waste or ligno-cellulosic material and intermediate crops, such as catch crops and cover crops, provided that the use of such intermediate crops does not trigger demand for additional land

food based biofuel

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
a biofuel produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops as defined in the Commission's Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (43)

food enzyme 2 definitions

Food Enzymes Regulation
a product obtained from plants, animals or micro-organisms or products thereof including a product obtained by a fermentation process using micro-organisms:
Organic Farming Regulation
a food enzyme as defined in point (a) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (46)

food enzyme preparation

Food Enzymes Regulation
a formulation consisting of one or more food enzymes in which substances such as food additives and/or other food ingredients are incorporated to facilitate their storage, sale, standardisation, dilution or dissolution.

food information

Food Information to Consumers Regulation
information concerning a food and made available to the final consumer by means of a label, other accompanying material, or any other means including modern technology tools or verbal communication

food information law

Food Information to Consumers Regulation
the Union provisions governing the food information, and in particular labelling, including rules of a general nature applicable to all foods in particular circumstances or to certain categories of foods and rules which apply only to specific foods

food ingredient with flavouring properties

Flavourings Regulation
a food ingredient other than flavourings which may be added to food for the main purpose of adding flavour to it or modifying its flavour and which contributes significantly to the presence in food of certain naturally occurring undesirable substances

food law

Official Controls Regulation
food law as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002

food with no added sugars

Food Additives Regulation
a food without the following:

food-producing animals

Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation
food-producing animals as defined in point (b) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009

football agent

Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR)
a natural or legal person who, for a fee, provides intermediary services and represents football players or professional football clubs in negotiations with a view to concluding a contract for a football player or represents professional football clubs in negotiations with a view to concluding an agreement for the transfer of a football player

foreign creditor

Insolvency Regulation (recast)
a creditor which has its habitual residence, domicile or registered office in a Member State other than the State of the opening of proceedings, including the tax authorities and social security authorities of Member States

Foreign currency loan

Mortgage Credit Directive
a credit agreement where the credit is:

foreign direct investment

FDI Screening Regulation
an investment of any kind by a foreign investor aiming to establish or to maintain lasting and direct links between the foreign investor and the entrepreneur to whom or the undertaking to which the capital is made available in order to carry on an economic activity in a Member State, including investments which enable effective participation in the management or control of a company carrying out an economic activity

foreign direct investment undergoing screening

FDI Screening Regulation
a foreign direct investment undergoing a formal assessment or investigation pursuant to a screening mechanism

foreign investor

FDI Screening Regulation
a natural person of a third country or an undertaking of a third country, intending to make or having made a foreign direct investment

forest 3 definitions

Deforestation Regulation
land spanning more than 0,5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 %, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ, excluding land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use
EAFRD Rural Development Regulation
an area of land spanning more than 0,5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ; and does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use, subject to paragraph 2. 2. A Member State or region may choose to apply a forest definition, other than the one in point (r) of paragraph 1, based on existing national law or inventory system. The Member States or regions shall provide such definition in the rural development programme; 3. In order to ensure a coherent approach in the treatment of beneficiaries and to take into account the need for an adaptation period, as regards the definition of young farmer laid down in paragraph 1(n), the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 83 concerning the conditions under which a legal person may be considered to be a 'young farmer', and the setting of a grace period for the acquisition of occupational skills.
LULUCF Regulation
an area of land defined by the minimum values for area size, tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level, and potential tree height at maturity at the place of growth of the trees as specified for each Member State in Annex II. It includes areas with trees, including groups of growing, young, natural trees, or plantations that have yet to reach the minimum values for tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level or minimum tree height as specified in Annex II, including any area that normally forms part of the forest area but on which there are temporarily no trees as a result of human intervention, such as harvesting, or as a result of natural causes, but which area can be expected to revert to forest

forest biomass 2 definitions

Energy Union Governance Regulation
forest biomass as defined in point (26) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
biomass produced from forestry

forest degradation

Deforestation Regulation
structural changes to forest cover, taking the form of the conversion of:

forest reference level

LULUCF Regulation
an estimate, expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, of the average annual net emissions or removals resulting from managed forest land within the territory of a Member State in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, based on the criteria set out in this Regulation

forest regeneration

Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
the re-establishment of a forest stand by natural or artificial means following the removal of the previous stand by felling or as a result of natural causes, including fire or storm

formal closure

IMI Regulation
applying the technical facility provided by IMI to close an administrative cooperation procedure.

fossil fuel 2 definitions

Energy Union Governance Regulation
non-renewable carbon-based energy sources such as solid fuels, natural gas and oil.
European Green Bonds Regulation
fossil fuel as defined in Article 2, point (62), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

four party payment card scheme

Interchange Fees Regulation
a payment card scheme in which card-based payment transactions are made from the payment account of a payer to the payment account of a payee through the intermediation of the scheme, an issuer (on the payer's side) and an acquirer (on the payee's side)

frame formulation

Cosmetics Regulation
a formulation which lists the category or function of ingredients and their maximum concentration in the cosmetic product or gives relevant quantitative and qualitative information whenever a cosmetic product is not covered or only partially covered by such a formulation. The Commission shall provide indications for the establishment of the frame formulation and adapt them regularly to technical and scientific progress. 2. For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 1, a substance or mixture intended to be ingested, inhaled, injected or implanted into the human body shall not be considered to be a cosmetic product. 3. In view of the various definitions of nanomaterials published by different bodies and the constant technical and scientific developments in the field of nanotechnologies, the Commission shall adjust and adapt point (k) of paragraph 1 to technical and scientific progress and to definitions subsequently agreed at international level. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 32(3).

framework agreement

Single European Railway Area Directive
a legally binding general agreement under public or private law, setting out the rights and obligations of an applicant and the infrastructure manager in relation to the infrastructure capacity to be allocated and the charges to be levied over a period longer than one working timetable period

framework contract 2 definitions

PSD2
a payment service contract which governs the future execution of individual and successive payment transactions and which may contain the obligation and conditions for setting up a payment account
Payment Accounts Directive
a payment service contract which governs the future execution of individual and successive payment transactions and which may contain the obligation and conditions for setting up a payment account

free and open-source software

Cyber Resilience Act
software the source code of which is openly shared and which is made available under a free and open-source licence which provides for all rights to make it freely accessible, usable, modifiable and redistributable

free of charge

Sale of Goods Directive
free of the necessary costs incurred in order to bring the goods into conformity, particularly the cost of postage, carriage, labour or materials

free-flowing river

Nature Restoration Law
a river or a stretch of river the longitudinal, lateral and vertical connectivity of which is not hindered by artificial structures forming a barrier and the natural functions of which are largely unaffected

freezing of economic resources 2 definitions

DPRK Sanctions Regulation
preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them
Iran Sanctions Regulation
preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them

freezing of funds 2 definitions

DPRK Sanctions Regulation
preventing any moving, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the use of the funds, including portfolio management
Iran Sanctions Regulation
preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management

freight corridor

Rail Freight Corridors Regulation
all designated railway lines, including railway ferry lines, on the territory of or between Member States, and, where appropriate, European third countries, linking two or more terminals, along a principal route and, where appropriate, diversionary routes and sections connecting them, including the railway infrastructure and its equipment and relevant rail services in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2001/14/EC

fresh water biological resources

Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
available and accessible living fresh water aquatic species

front-end

Chips Act
the entire processing of a semiconductor wafer

frontal protection system

General Vehicle Safety Regulation
a separate structure or structures, such as a bull bar, or a supplementary bumper which, in addition to the original‐equipment bumper, is intended to protect the external surface of the vehicle from damage in the event of a collision with an object, with the exception of structures having a mass of less than 0,5 kg, intended to protect only the vehicle’s lights

frontier worker

Social Security Coordination Regulation
any person pursuing an activity as an employed or self-employed person in a Member State and who resides in another Member State to which he/she returns as a rule daily or at least once a week

fuel

Industrial Emissions Directive
any solid, liquid or gaseous combustible material

fuel supplier

Renewable Energy Directive (recast)
an entity supplying fuel to the market that is responsible for passing fuel through an excise duty point or, in the case of electricity or where no excise is due or where duly justified, any other relevant entity designated by a Member State

fugitive emissions

Industrial Emissions Directive
any emissions not in waste gases of volatile organic compounds into air, soil and water as well as solvents contained in any products, unless otherwise stated in Part 2 of Annex VII

fulfilment service provider 3 definitions

General Product Safety Regulation
any natural or legal person offering, in the course of commercial activity, at least two of the following services: warehousing, packaging, addressing and dispatching, without having ownership of the products involved, excluding postal services as defined in Article 2, point (1) of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (27), parcel delivery services as defined in Article 2, point (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/644 of the European Parliament and of the Council (28), and any other postal services or freight transport services
Market Surveillance Regulation
any natural or legal person offering, in the course of commercial activity, at least two of the following services: warehousing, packaging, addressing and dispatching, without having ownership of the products involved, excluding postal services as defined in point 1 of Article 2 of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 31 ) , parcel delivery services as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2018/644 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 32 ) , and any other postal services or freight transport services
Product Liability Directive
any natural or legal person offering, in the course of a commercial activity, at least two of the following services: warehousing, packaging, addressing and dispatching of a product, without having ownership of that product, excluding postal services as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (19), parcel delivery services as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2018/644 of the European Parliament and of the Council (20), and any other postal services or freight transport services

fully automated vehicle

General Vehicle Safety Regulation
a motor vehicle that has been designed and constructed to move autonomously without any driver supervision

fully integrated network components

Electricity Market Directive (recast)
network components that are integrated in the transmission or distribution system, including storage facilities, and that are used for the sole purpose of ensuring a secure and reliable operation of the transmission or distribution system, and not for balancing or congestion management

fully supported ABCP transaction

Securitisation Regulation
an ABCP transaction supported by a liquidity facility, at transaction level or at ABCP programme level, that covers at least all of the following:

fully- supported ABCP programme

Securitisation Regulation
an ABCP programme that its sponsor directly and fully supports by providing to the SSPE(s) one or more liquidity facilities covering at least all of the following:

functional class

Food Additives Regulation
one of the categories set out in Annex I based on the technological function a food additive exerts in the foodstuff

functional equivalence

Data Act
re-establishing on the basis of the customer’s exportable data and digital assets, a minimum level of functionality in the environment of a new data processing service of the same service type after the switching process, where the destination data processing service delivers a materially comparable outcome in response to the same input for shared features supplied to the customer under the contract

functional safety 2 definitions

Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles Type-Approval Regulation
the absence of unacceptable risk of physical injury or of damage to the health of persons or to property owing to hazards caused by mal-functional behaviour of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical or electronic systems, components or separate technical units
Two- or Three-Wheel Vehicles Type-Approval Regulation
the absence of unacceptable risk of physical injury or of damage to the health of persons or to property owing to hazards caused by mal-functional behaviour of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical or electronic systems, components or separate technical units

functionality 2 definitions

Digital Content Directive
the ability of the digital content or digital service to perform its functions having regard to its purpose
Sale of Goods Directive
the ability of the goods to perform their functions having regard to their purpose

fund of funds

Common Provisions Regulation (2014-2020)
a fund set up with the objective of contributing support from a programme or programmes to several financial instruments. Where financial instruments are implemented through a fund of funds, the body implementing the fund of funds shall be considered to be the only beneficiary within the meaning of point 10 of this Article

Fund-specific rules

Common Provisions Regulation (2014-2020)
the provisions laid down in, or established on the basis of, Part Three or Part Four of this Regulation or a Regulation governing one or more of the ESI Funds listed in the fourth paragraph of Article 1

fundamental research

General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any direct commercial application or use in view

funded credit protection

CRR
a technique of credit risk mitigation where the reduction of the credit risk on the exposure of an institution derives from the right of that institution, in the event of the default of the counterparty or on the occurrence of other specified credit events relating to the counterparty, to liquidate, or to obtain transfer or appropriation of, or to retain certain assets or amounts, or to reduce the amount of the exposure to, or to replace it with, the amount of the difference between the amount of the exposure and the amount of a claim on the institution

funding body

Horizon Europe Regulation
a body or organisation, as referred to in point (c) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation, to which the Commission has entrusted budget implementation tasks under the Programme

funds 9 definitions

Counter-Terrorism Directive
assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, however acquired, and legal documents or instruments in any form, including electronic or digital, evidencing title to, or interest in, such assets, including, but not limited to, bank credits, travellers cheques, bank cheques, money orders, shares, securities, bonds, drafts, letters of credit,
Cross-Border Payments Regulation
banknotes and coins, scriptural money and electronic money as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (9)
DPRK Sanctions Regulation
financial assets and benefits of every kind, including but not limited to:
Iran Sanctions Regulation
financial assets and benefits of every kind, including, but not limited to:
MiCA
funds as defined in Article 4, point (25), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366
PSD2
banknotes and coins, scriptural money or electronic money as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/110/EC
Payment Accounts Directive
banknotes and coins, scriptural money, and electronic money as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (19)
Transfer of Funds Regulation (recast)
funds as defined in Article 4, point (25), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366
Wire Transfer Regulation (recast)
funds as defined in point (15) of Article 4 of Directive 2007/64/EC

funds or other assets

Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR)
any assets, including, but not limited to, financial assets, economic resources, including oil and other natural resources, property of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, however acquired, and legal documents or instruments in any form, including electronic or digital, evidencing title to, or interest in, such funds or other assets, including, but not limited to, bank credits, travellers cheques, bank cheques, money orders, shares, securities, bonds, drafts, or letters of credit, and any interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by such funds or other assets, and any other assets which potentially may be used to obtain funds, goods or services

funds under shared management

InvestEU Regulation
funds that provide for the possibility of allocating a portion of those funds to the provisioning for a budgetary guarantee under the Member State compartment of the InvestEU Fund, namely the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund to be established by a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund for the years 2021-2027, the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to be established by a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) (the ‘ESF+ Regulation for 2021-2027’), the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) to be established by a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 and the European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to be established by a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the ‘CAP Strategic Plans Regulation’)

fur animals

Animal Welfare at Killing Regulation
animals of the mammal species primarily reared for the production of fur such as minks, polecats, foxes, raccoons, coypu and chinchillas