# Directive (EU) 2019/713 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/413/JHA, Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purpose of this Directive, the following definitions apply:
(a) ‘non-cash payment instrument’ means a non-corporeal or corporeal protected device, object or record, or a combination thereof, other than legal tender, and which, alone or in conjunction with a procedure or a set of procedures, enables the holder or user to transfer money or monetary value, including through digital means of exchange;
(b) ‘protected device, object or record’ means a device, object or record safeguarded against imitation or fraudulent use, for example through design, coding or signature;
(c) ‘digital means of exchange’ means any electronic money as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council or virtual currency;
(d) ‘virtual currency’ means a digital representation of value that is not issued or guaranteed by a central bank or a public authority, is not necessarily attached to a legally established currency and does not possess a legal status of a currency or money, but is accepted by natural or legal persons as a means of exchange, and which can be transferred, stored and traded electronically;
(e) ‘information system’ means information system as defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Directive 2013/40/EU;
(f) ‘computer data’ means computer data as defined in point (b) of Article 2 of Directive 2013/40/EU;
(g) ‘legal person’ means an entity having legal personality under the applicable law, except for states or public bodies in the exercise of state authority and for public international organisations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2019/713/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-713/article-2
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