# The Operation of Air Services ... (Pricing etc.) Regulations 2013, Regulation 3: Interpretation

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

(1) In these Regulations—
“Article 23” means Article 23 of the EC Regulation;
“the CAA” means the Civil Aviation Authority;
“the CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority;
“the Directive” means Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8th June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce);
“the EC Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24th September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community;
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“information society services”—
(a)has the meaning set out in Article 2(a) of the Directive (which refers to Article 1(2) of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22nd June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations); and
(b)is summarised in recital 17 of the Directive which refers to “any service normally provided for remuneration, at a distance, by means of electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of data, and at the individual request of a recipient of a service”;
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“recipient” means a person who (whether for professional purposes or not) uses an information society service, in particular for seeking information or making it accessible;
“service provider” means any person providing information society services.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/486/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/operation-of-air-services-pricing-etc-regulations-2013/regulation-3
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