Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘competent authority’ means an authority or a body designated by a Member State to carry out its obligations under this Regulation regarding the granting of permits for the production or supply of reclaimed water, regarding exemptions for research or pilot projects and regarding compliance checks; (2) ‘end-user’ means a natural or legal person, whether a public or private entity, that uses reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation; (3) ‘urban waste water’ means urban waste water as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Directive 91/271/EEC; (4) ‘reclaimed water’ means urban waste water that has been treated in compliance with the requirements set out in Directive 91/271/EEC and which results from further treatment in a reclamation facility in accordance with Section 2 of Annex I to this Regulation; (5) ‘reclamation facility’ means an urban waste water treatment plant or other facility that further treats urban waste water that complies with the requirements set out in Directive 91/271/EEC in order to produce water that is fit for a use specified in Section 1 of Annex I to this Regulation; (6) ‘reclamation facility operator’ means a natural or legal person, representing a private entity or a public authority, that operates or controls a reclamation facility; (7) ‘hazard’ means a biological, chemical, physical or radiological agent that has the potential to cause harm to people, animals, crops or plants, other terrestrial biota, aquatic biota, soils or the environment in general; (8) ‘risk’ means the likelihood of identified hazards causing harm in a specified timeframe, including the severity of the consequences; (9) ‘risk management’ means systematic management that consistently ensures that water reuse is safe in a specific context; (10) ‘preventive measure’ means an appropriate action or activity that can prevent or eliminate a health or environmental risk, or that can reduce such a risk to an acceptable level; (11) ‘point of compliance’ means the point where a reclamation facility operator delivers reclaimed water to the next actor in the chain; (12) ‘barrier’ is any means, including physical or process-related steps or conditions of use, that reduces or prevents a risk of human infection by preventing contact of reclaimed water with produce to be ingested and directly exposed persons, or other means that, for example, reduces the concentration of microorganisms in the reclaimed water or prevents their survival on the produce to be ingested; (13) ‘permit’ means a written authorisation issued by a competent authority to produce or supply reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation in accordance with this Regulation; (14) ‘responsible party’ means a party carrying out a role or activity in the water reuse system, including the reclamation facility operator, the urban waste water treatment plant operator where different from the reclamation facility operator, the relevant authority other than the designated competent authority, the reclaimed water distribution operator or the reclaimed water storage operator; (15) ‘water reuse system’ means the infrastructure and other technical elements necessary for producing, supplying and using reclaimed water; it comprises all the elements from the entry point of the urban waste water treatment plant to the point where reclaimed water is used for agricultural irrigation, including distribution and storage infrastructure, where relevant.