A document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process, service or system and which lays down one or more of the following:

a) the characteristics required of a product including levels of quality, performance, interoperability,
environmental protection, health, safety or dimensions, and 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;

b) production methods and processes used in respect of agricultural products as defined in Article 38(1)
TFEU, products intended for human and animal consumption, and medicinal products, as well as
production methods and processes relating to other products, where these have an effect on their
characteristics;

c) the characteristics required of a service including levels of quality, performance, interoperability, environmental protection, health or safety, and including the requirements applicable to the provider
as regards the information to be made available to the recipient, as specified in Article 22(1) to (3) of
Directive 2006/123/EC;

d) the methods and the criteria for assessing the performance of construction products, as defined in
point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9
March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products, in relation to
their essential characteristics.

Source: Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, as quoted in NIS2

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