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

1. "Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)" means the reference nomenclature applicable to contracts awarded by contracting authorities/entities, as adopted by Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002;

2. "Contracts" means contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing as referred to in Article 1(2)(a) of Directive 2004/17/EC and Article 1(2)(a) of Directive 2004/18/EC;

3. "Works contracts" means contracts having as their object either the execution, or both the design and execution, of works related to one of the activities mentioned in Division 45 of the CPV, or a work, or the realisation, by whatever means, of a work corresponding to the requirements specified by the contracting authority/entity. A "work" means the outcome of building or civil engineering works taken as a whole that is sufficient of itself to fulfil an economic or technical function;