For the purposes of this Decision:
(a)
‘manager’ means the Secretary-General, a Director-General, a Director, a Head of Unit, a Head of Liaison Office or a Team Leader, including in an acting capacity;
(b)
‘interest representative’ means any natural or legal person, or formal or informal group, association or network, that falls within the scope of the IIA on a mandatory transparency register, as it engages with covered activities pursuant to Article 3 of the IIA on a mandatory transparency register, subject to the exemptions for activities and bodies not covered pursuant to Article 4 of the IIA on a mandatory transparency register;
(c)
‘representatives of public authorities of third countries’ means all representatives, at national or subnational level, of third countries, their diplomatic missions, embassies, consulates, trade envoys, commercial entities and other representations;
(d)
‘scheduled meeting’ means a planned meeting with interest representatives or with representatives of public authorities of third countries, in person or remotely, that has been arranged in advance, excluding inter alia spontaneous or social encounters and participation in public debates, and excluding meetings taking place in the context of an administrative procedure established by the TEU, the TFEU or legal acts of the Union that falls under the responsibility of the manager, or meetings which form part of the programme of an official Parliament body;
(e)
‘conditionality’ means the principle whereby registration in the transparency register is a precondition for interest representatives to be able to carry out certain covered activities.