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

(1) "consumer" means any natural person who acts for purposes which are outside that person's trade, business, craft or profession;

(2) "trader" means any natural person, or any legal person irrespective of whether privately or publicly owned, that acts, including through another person acting in that person's name or on that person's behalf, for purposes relating to that person's trade, business, craft or profession;

(3) "collective interests of consumers" means the general interest of consumers and, in particular for the purposes of redress measures, the interests of a group of consumers;

(4) "qualified entity" means any organisation or public body representing consumers' interests which has been designated by a Member State as qualified to bring representative actions in accordance with this Directive;