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Article 4 Definitions

DRAFT To be repealed Article 1 of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/2394 and (EU) 2018/1724 with regards to the discontinuation of the European ODR Platform (Text with EEA relevance) (COM(2023) 647 final / 2023/0375 (COD)) (updated 20 September 2024 with 'I' ITEM Note - Political agreement)

1. For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a) "consumer" means a consumer as defined in point (a) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2013/11/EU;

(b) "trader" means a trader as defined in point (b) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2013/11/EU;

(c) "sales contract" means a sales contract as defined in point (c) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2013/11/EU;

(d) "service contract" means a service contract as defined in point (d) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2013/11/EU;

(e) "online sales or service contract" means a sales or service contract where the trader, or the trader's intermediary, has offered goods or services on a website or by other electronic means and the consumer has ordered such goods or services on that website or by other electronic means;