operator

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

any person that operates or controls an installation in a third country, including a parent company that controls an installation in a third country

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

≠ Possibly a different concept: 18 % shared wording, and German and French use different terms ('Betreiber' / 'Marktteilnehmer'; 'exploitant' / 'opérateur').

any natural or legal person that operates who, in the course of a commercial activity, places relevant products on the market or controls an installation in a third country exports them, including a parent company that controls an installation in a third country excluding downstream operators

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