European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) EAA-Art.3: Definitions (EAA Article 3)

Article 3 contains 23 definitions including: (1) 'persons with disabilities'; (2) 'product'; (3) 'service' (per Directive 2006/123/EC); (4) 'service provider'; (5) 'audiovisual media services'; (6) 'electronic communications service' (per the European Electronic Communications Code); (7) 'consumer banking services'; (8) 'consumer'; (9) 'microenterprise' (< 10 staff + annual turnover OR balance-sheet total < EUR 2 million); (10) 'small + medium-sized enterprise' (SME); (11) 'harmonised standard'; (12) 'technical specification'; (14) 'withdrawal' / (15) 'recall'; (16) 'e-commerce services'; (17) 'e-book + dedicated software'; (18) 'air, rail, water, bus passenger transport service'; (19) 'urban + suburban transport service' (out of scope); (20) 'regional transport service' (out of scope); (21) 'support service'; (22) 'interoperability'. Article 3 also cross-references definitions in Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (Single Digital Gateway), Directive 2002/65/EC, Directive 2014/65/EU, the EECC, the AVMSD + the Single Digital Gateway Regulation - the EAA is intentionally interoperable with horizontal + sectoral regimes.