Paragraph 5 InterpretationI1I2

In this schedule—

• “EEA state” means—

  1. (a)

     a member state of the European Union, or

  2. (b)

     any other state that is a party to the agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992, together with the protocol adjusting that agreement signed at Brussels on 17 March 1993, as modified or supplemented from time to time,

• “information society service” means any service normally provided—

  1. (a)

     for remuneration,

  2. (b)

     at a distance (namely, the service is provided without the parties being simultaneously present),

  3. (c)

     by electronic means (namely, the service is—

     1. (i)

        sent initially and received at its destination by means of electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of data, and

     2. (ii)

        entirely transmitted, conveyed and received by wire, radio, optical means or other electromagnetic means), and

  4. (d)

     at the individual request of a recipient of services (namely, the service is provided through the transmission of data on individual request),

• “recipient”, in relation to a service, 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 a person providing an information society service.