Article 3 — Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) Union compulsory licence means a compulsory licence granted by the Commission to exploit a protected invention in order to carry out in the Union relevant activities concerning crisis-relevant products or processes required to manufacture those products; (2) crisis or emergency mode means a crisis or emergency mode listed in the Annex, which has been declared pursuant to a Union crisis or emergency mechanism; (3) crisis-relevant product means a product that is indispensable for responding to a crisis or emergency in the Union, or for addressing the impact of a crisis or emergency in the Union; (4) relevant activities means the act of manufacturing, namely making, or the act of marketing, namely using, offering for sale, selling or importing; (5) right holder means the holder or holders of any of the intellectual property rights referred to in Article 2(1); (6) protected invention means any invention protected by any of the intellectual property rights referred to in Article 2(1); (7) competent advisory body means the advisory body competent under a Union crisis or emergency mechanism as listed in the Annex or, where applicable, the ad hoc advisory body referred to in Article 6(5); (8) customs authorities means customs authorities as defined in Article 5, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.