8. ‘Importer’ means any natural or legal person established in the Community who places a product from a third country on the Community market in the course of his business;
8．“进口商”意指在其经营期间将一产品自第三国投放到共同体市场的定居在共同体内的任何自然人或法人；

9. ‘Materials’ means all materials used during the life cycle of an EuP;
9．“材料”意指在一件EuP生命周期中所使用的全部材料；

10. ‘Product design’ means the set of processes that transform legal, technical, safety, functional, market or other requirements to be met by an EuP into the technical specification for that EuP;
10．“产品设计”意指将一件EuP需满足的法律、技术、安全性、功能、市场及其他要求转化成用于该EuP的技术规格的一套步骤；

11. ‘Environmental aspect’ means an element or function of an EuP that can interact with the environment during its life cycle;
11．“环境因素”意指在一件EuP的生命周期中，其元件或功能会与环境发生相互作用；

12. ‘Environmental impact’ means any change to the environment wholly or partially resulting from an EuP during its life cycle;
12．“环境影响”意指在一件EuP的生命周期中，完全或部分地导致环境的任何变化；

13. ‘Life cycle’ means the consecutive and interlinked stages of an EuP from raw material use to final disposal;
13．“生命周期”意指一件EuP从原料使用到最终处置中连续的和相互连接的各个阶段；

14. ‘Reuse’ means any operation by which an EuP or its components, having reached the end of their first use, are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived, including the continued use of an EuP whichis returned to a collection point, distributor, recycler or manufacturer, as well as reuse of an EuP following refurbishment;
14．“复用”意指任何这样一种操作，通过它一件已经到达其首次使用终点的EuP可用于其设计出来的相同目的，包括已返回到回收点、分销商、再生商或制造商手中的EuP的延续使用，以及一件经过翻新的EuP的重复使用；

15. ‘Recycling’ means the reprocessing in a production process of waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes but excluding energy recovery;
15．“循环利用”意指在生产过程中对废料进行再加工以用于初始目的或其它目的，能量回收不包括在内；

16. ‘Energy recovery’ means the use of combustible waste as a means to generate energy through direct incineration with or without other waste but with recovery of the heat;
16．“能量回收”意指使用可燃废物通过直接焚化作为产生能量的手段，焚化可与其它废物一起、也可以不与其它废物一起，但都伴随热量回收；

17. ‘Recover