Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘accompanying documentation’ means the documents laid down in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411; (2) ‘digital system’ as referred to in Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 means the digital system for the electronic submission of applications to the Office; (3) ‘national phase decision’ means a decision referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 taken by the competent authority of a Member State; (4) ‘producer’ means an operator engaged in one or more production steps for craft and industrial products; (5) ‘producer group’ means any association, irrespective of its legal form, mainly composed of producers working with the same product concerned; (6) ‘Regulation (EU) 2023/2411’ means Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/1753; (7) ‘single document’ means a document referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 that is comprised in the application; (8) ‘single producer’ means an applicant that complies with the requirements laid down in Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411; (9) ‘standard amendment to the product specification’ means an amendment to the product specification as defined in Article 31(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411; (10) ‘temporary amendment to product specifications’ means an amendment to the product specification as defined in Article 31(6) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411; (11) ‘Union amendment’ means an amendment to the product specification as defined in Article 31(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411.