{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-98/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-98/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/98",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-98",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:\n(1)‘substance’ means a substance within the meaning of point (1) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;\n(2)‘mixture’ means a mixture within the meaning of point (2) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;\n(3)‘article’ means an article within the meaning of point (3) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;\n(4)‘making available’ means any supply, whether in return for payment or free of charge;\n(5)‘introduction’ means the act of bringing a substance into the territory of the United Kingdom;\n(6)‘use’ means any processing, formulation, storage, treatment or mixing, including in the production of an article, or any other utilisation;\n(7)‘member of the general public’ means any natural person who is acting for purposes not connected with his trade, business or profession;\n(8)‘suspicious transaction’ means any transaction concerning the substances listed in the Annexes, or mixtures or substances containing them, including transactions involving professional users, where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the substance or mixture is intended for the illicit manufacture of explosives;\n(9)‘economic operator’ means any natural or legal person or public entity or group of such persons and/or bodies which delivers products or services on the market;\n(10)‘restricted explosives precursor’ means a substance listed in Annex I, in a concentration higher than the corresponding limit value set out therein and includes a mixture or another substance in which such a listed substance is present in a concentration higher than the corresponding limit value.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 51(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/98/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:52.216500+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}