# The European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) Regulations 2004, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Companies Act 1985;
“the EC Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2137/85 of 25th July 1985 on the European Economic Interest Grouping;
“EEIG” means a European Economic Interest Grouping formed in pursuance of article 1 of the EC Regulation;
“electronic information service” means a service by which information is accessed by the applicant in Hyper Text Markup Language using a website of the registrar of companies with no requirement for the applicant to deliver an access code;
“electronic subscription service” means a service by which information is accessed by the applicant in Hyper Text Markup Language using a website of the registrar of companies by delivering a non-encrypted access code;
“index” means one of the following indexes kept by the registrar of companies—
(a) the index of company and corporate names and numbers;
(b) the index of charges;
“the principal Regulations” means the European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989;
“the registrar of companies” has the meaning specified in section 744 of the Act;
“the relevant Community obligations” means the Community obligations of the United Kingdom under article 39 of the EC Regulation;
“same day” means any provision of a certified copy, in relation to which a request for same day provision of that certified copy is received by the registrar of companies before 2.00 pm on the day in question and the certified copy is issued to the applicant on that day; and
“searchroom terminal” means a computer terminal operated by the applicant at an office of the registrar of companies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2643/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-economic-interest-grouping-fees-regulations-2004/regulation-2
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