| 2) | ‘core platform service’ means any of the following: |
| (a) | online intermediation services; |
| (b) | online search engines; |
| (c) | online social networking services; |
| (d) | video-sharing platform services; |
| (e) | number-independent interpersonal communications services; |
| (f) | operating systems; |
| (5) | ‘online intermediation services’ means online intermediation services as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation
(EU) 2019/1150; |
| (EU)2019/1150 | Article 2, point (2)
‘online intermediation services’ means services which meet all of the following requirements:
(a)
they constitute information society services within the meaning of point (b) of Article 1(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(b)
they allow business users to offer goods or services to consumers, with a view to facilitating the initiating of direct transactions between those business users and consumers, irrespective of where those transactions are ultimately concluded;
(c)
they are provided to business users on the basis of contractual relationships between the provider of those services and business users which offer goods or services to consumers; |
| (EU)2015/1535 | Article 1(1) point (b):
- ‘at a distance’ means that the service is provided without the parties being simultaneously present;
- ‘by electronic means’ means that the service is sent initially and received at its destination by means of electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of data, and entirely transmitted, conveyed and received by wire, by radio, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means;
- ‘at the individual request of a recipient of services’ means that the service is provided through the transmission of data on individual request.
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| (7) | ‘online social networking service’ means a platform that enables end users to connect and communicate with each
other, share content and discover other users and content across multiple devices and, in particular, via chats, posts,
videos and recommendations; |
| (10) | core platform service‘operating system’ means a system software that controls the basic functions of the hardware or software and enables software applications to run on it; |
(14) | ‘software application stores’ means a type of online intermediation services, which is focused on software applications
as the intermediated product or service; |
| (15) | ‘software application’ means any digital product or service that runs on an operating system; |
| (16) | ‘payment service’ means a payment service as defined in Article 4, point (3) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366; |
| (EU) 2015/2366 | Article 4, point (3)
‘payment service’ means any business activity set out in Annex I;
ANNEX I
PAYMENT SERVICES
(as referred to in point (3) of Article 4)
1.Services enabling cash to be placed on a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
2.Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
3.Execution of payment transactions, including transfers of funds on a payment account with the user’s payment service provider or with another payment service provider:
(a)execution of direct debits, including one-off direct debits;
(b)execution of payment transactions through a payment card or a similar device;
(c)execution of credit transfers, including standing orders.
4.Execution of payment transactions where the funds are covered by a credit line for a payment service user:
(a)execution of direct debits, including one-off direct debits;
(b)execution of payment transactions through a payment card or a similar device;
(c)execution of credit transfers, including standing orders.
5.Issuing of payment instruments and/or acquiring of payment transactions.
6.Money remittance.
7.Payment initiation services.
8.Account information services. |
| (17) | ‘technical service supporting payment service’ means a service within the meaning of Article 3, point (j), of Directive
(EU) 2015/2366; |
| (EU) 2015/2366 | Article 3, point (j)
services provided by technical service providers, which support the provision of payment services, without them entering at any time into possession of the funds to be transferred, including processing and storage of data, trust and privacy protection services, data and entity authentication, information technology (IT) and communication network provision, provision and maintenance of terminals and devices used for payment services, with the exclusion of payment initiation services and account information services; |
| (18) | ‘payment system for in-app purchases’ means a software application, service or user interface which facilitates
purchases of digital content or digital services within a software application, including content, subscriptions,
features or functionality, and the payments for such purchases; |
| (19) | ‘identification service’ means a type of service provided together with or in support of core platform services that
enables any type of verification of the identity of end users or business users, regardless of the technology used; |
| (20) | ‘end user’ means any natural or legal person using core platform services other than as a business user; |
| (21) | ‘business user’ means any natural or legal person acting in a commercial or professional capacity using core platform
services for the purpose of or in the course of providing goods or services to end users; |
| (29) | ‘interoperability’ means the ability to exchange information and mutually use the information which has been
exchanged through interfaces or other solutions, so that all elements of hardware or software work with other
hardware and software and with users in all the ways in which they are intended to function; |
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