technical specification
as defined in Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June…, Article 1, point (2)
a specification contained in a document which lays down the characteristics required of a product such as levels of quality, performance, safety or dimensions, including the requirements applicable to the product as regards the name under which the product is sold, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking or labelling and conformity assessment procedures. The term 'technical specification` also covers production methods and processes used in respect of agricultural products as referred to Article 38(1) of the Treaty, products intended for human and animal consumption, and medicinal products as defined in Article 1 of Directive 65/65/EEC (7), as well as production methods and processes relating to other products, where these have an effect on their characteristics
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- Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 on packaging and packaging… 32025R0040, Article 3(1), point (63)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process or service; - Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a framework for… 32024R1781, Article 2, point (49)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process or service; - Directive (EU) 2022/2557 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on the resilience of… 32022L2557, Article 2, point (9)
a technical specification as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 - NIS2 32022L2555, Article 6, point (17)
a technical specification as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; - Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Union… 32019R0881, Article 2, point (20)
a document that prescribes the technical requirements to be met by, or conformity assessment procedures relating to, an ICT product, ICT service or ICT process - Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility… 32019L0882, Article 3, point (26)
a technical specification as defined in point 4 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 that provides a means to comply with the accessibility requirements applicable to a product or service - Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous… 32016R0426, Article 2, point (22)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by an appliance or a fitting - Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment… 32016R0425, Article 3, point (9)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by PPE; - Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and… 32016R0424, Article 3, point (18)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a cableway installation, infrastructure, subsystem or safety component - Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the… 32016L0797, Article 2, point (38)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, subsystem, process or service - Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for… 32015L1535, Article 1(1), point (c)
a specification contained in a document which lays down the characteristics required of a product such as levels of quality, performance, safety or dimensions, including the requirements applicable to the product as regards the name under which the product is sold, terminology, symbols, testing and… - Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of… 32014L0068, Article 2, point (23)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by pressure equipment or assemblies; - Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of… 32014L0053, Article 2(1), point (17)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by radio equipment - Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws… 32014L0035, Article 2, point (8)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by an electrical equipment; - Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws… 32014L0034, Article 2, point (17)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product; - Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws… 32014L0033, Article 2, point (12)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a lift or a safety component for lifts - Directive 2014/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws… 32014L0031, Article 2, point (10)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by an instrument - Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws… 32014L0030, Article 3(1), point (16)
a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by the equipment; - Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities… 32014L0025, bVIII.p1
one of the following: (a) in the case of service or supply contracts a specification in a document defining the required characteristics of a product or a service, such as quality levels, environmental and climate performance levels, design for all requirements (including accessibility for disabled… - Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and… 32014L0024, bVII.p1
one of the following: (a) in the case of public works contracts the totality of the technical prescriptions contained in particular in the procurement documents, defining the characteristics required of a material, product or supply, so that it fulfils the use for which it is intended by the…