Article 3 Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (1)

   ‘document’ means:

   1. (a)

      any content whatever its medium (written on paper or stored in electronic form or as a sound, visual or audiovisual recording) concerning a matter relating to the policies, activities and decisions falling within the institutional sphere of responsibility of the Council;

   2. (b)

      any part of such content;

2. (2)

   ‘reuse’ means the use by persons or legal entities of documents for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than the initial purpose for which the document was produced;

3. (3)

   ‘personal data’ means data as defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001;

4. (4)

   ‘open format’ means a file format that is platform-independent and made available to the public without any restriction that impedes the reuse of documents;

5. (5)

   ‘machine-readable format’ means a format structured for software applications to identify reliably individual statements of fact and their internal structure.