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For the purposes of this Regulation:

— shipment means transport operations from the place of origin to the place of destination, including loading and unloading of radioactive substances,

— the holder of radioactive substances means any natural or legal person who, before carrying out a shipment, has the legal responsibility under national law for such materials and intends to carry out shipment to a consignee,

— the cosignee of radioactive substances means any natural or legal person to whom such material is shipped,

— sealed source has the meaning given to it in Directive 80/836/Euratom,

— other relevant source means any radioactive substance not being a sealed source intended for direct or indirect use of the ionizing radiation it emits for medical, veterinary, industrial, commercial, research or agricultural applications,

— radioactive waste has the meaning given to it in Directive 92/3/Euratom,

— nuclear materials means the special fissile materials, the source materials and the ores as defined in Article 197 of the EAEC Treaty,

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competent authorities means any authority responsible in the Member State for the application or administration of this Regulation or of any other authority designated by the Member State,

— activity has the meaning given to it in Directive 80/836/Euratom.