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Version date: 20 November 2024 - onwards

Article 3 Definitions

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

(1) "product with digital elements" means a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately;

(2) "remote data processing" means data processing at a distance for which the software is designed and developed by the manufacturer, or under the responsibility of the manufacturer, and the absence of which would prevent the product with digital elements from performing one of its functions;

(3) "cybersecurity" means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881;

(4) "software" means the part of an electronic information system which consists of computer code;