operator

ETS Directive, Article 3(f) First adopted 2003-10-13

any person who operates or controls an installation or, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation has been delegated

EECC, Article 2(29) Own wording adopted 2018-12-11

≠ Possibly a different concept: 0 % shared wording, and German and French use different terms ('Betreiber' / 'Betreiber'; 'exploitant' / 'opérateur').

any person who operates an undertaking providing or controls authorised to provide a public electronic communications network or an installation or, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation has been delegated associated facility

Compared with ETS Directive: struck words are only in ETS Directive, marked words only here.

CBAM, Article 3(31) Own wording adopted 2023-05-10, amended 2025-10-08

any person who that operates or controls an installation or in a third country, where this is provided for including a parent company that controls an installation in national legislation, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation has been delegated a third country

Compared with ETS Directive: struck words are only in ETS Directive, marked words only here.

EUDR, Article 2(15) Own wording adopted 2023-05-31, amended 2025-12-19

≠ Possibly a different concept: 22 % shared wording, and German and French use different terms ('Betreiber' / 'Marktteilnehmer'; 'exploitant' / 'opérateur').

any natural or legal person who operates, in the course of a commercial activity, places relevant products on the market or controls an installation or exports them, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation has been delegated excluding downstream operators

Compared with ETS Directive: struck words are only in ETS Directive, marked words only here.

32024R0573, Article 3(5) Own wording adopted 2024-02-07

any person who operates or controls an installation or, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom decisive economic the undertaking exercising actual power over the technical functioning of products, equipment or facilities covered by this Regulation, or the installation has been delegated owner designated by a Member State as being responsible for the operator’s obligations in specific cases

Compared with ETS Directive: struck words are only in ETS Directive, marked words only here.

AI Act, Article 3(8) Own wording adopted 2024-06-13

≠ Possibly a different concept: 0 % shared wording, and German and French use different terms ('Betreiber' / 'Akteur'; 'exploitant' / 'opérateur').

any person who operates a provider, product manufacturer, deployer, authorised representative, importer or controls an installation or, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation has been delegated distributor

Compared with ETS Directive: struck words are only in ETS Directive, marked words only here.

Methane Regulation, Article 2(3) Own wording adopted 2024-06-13

any natural or legal person who operates or controls an installation asset, or, where this is provided for in under national legislation law, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation an asset has been delegated

Compared with ETS Directive: struck words are only in ETS Directive, marked words only here.

32024R3012, Article 2(5) Partial reference adopted 2024-11-27

Own text citing 32021R2115, Article 3(1) (not in this group).

any natural or legal person who or public entity that operates or controls an installation activity, or, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom or to which decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation activity has been delegated; in the case of a carbon farming activity, ‘operator’ means a farmer as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, any other manager of an activity in a terrestrial or coastal environment, a forest owner or manager as defined by national law, or a competent public entity

Compared with ETS Directive: struck words are only in ETS Directive, marked words only here.

Digital Networks Act, Article 2(30) Same wording Proposal proposed 2026-01-21

Same wording as EECC.

an undertaking providing or authorised to provide a public electronic communications network or an associated facility