Annex II | Other critical sectors

Sector	Subsector	Type of entitymeans a natural or legal person created and recognised as such under the national law of its place of establishment, which may, acting under its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations;
Postal and courier services		Postal service providers as defined in Article 2, point (1a), of Directive 97/67/EC, including providers of courier services
Waste management		Undertakings carrying out waste management as defined in Article 3, point (9), of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(^1^), excluding undertakings for whom waste management is not their principal economic activity
Manufacture, production and distribution of chemicals		Undertakings carrying out the manufacture of substances and the distribution of substances or mixtures, as referred to in Article 3, points (9) and (14), of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^2^) and undertakings carrying out the production of articles, as defined in Article 3, point (3), of that Regulation, from substances or mixtures
Production, processing and distribution of food		Food businesses as defined in Article 3, point (2), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^3^) which are engaged in wholesale distribution and industrial production and processing
Manufacturing	Manufacture of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices	Entitiesmeans a natural or legal person created and recognised as such under the national law of its place of establishment, which may, acting under its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations; manufacturing medical devices as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^4^), and entitiesmeans a natural or legal person created and recognised as such under the national law of its place of establishment, which may, acting under its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations; manufacturing in vitro diagnostic medical devices as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^5^) with the exception of entitiesmeans a natural or legal person created and recognised as such under the national law of its place of establishment, which may, acting under its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations; manufacturing medical devices referred to in Annex I, point 5, fifth indent, of this Directive
	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	Undertakings carrying out any of the economic activities referred to in section C division 26 of NACE Rev. 2
	Manufacture of electrical equipment	Undertakings carrying out any of the economic activities referred to in section C division 27 of NACE Rev. 2
	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	Undertakings carrying out any of the economic activities referred to in section C division 28 of NACE Rev. 2
	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	Undertakings carrying out any of the economic activities referred to in section C division 29 of NACE Rev. 2
	Manufacture of other transport equipment	Undertakings carrying out any of the economic activities referred to in section C division 30 of NACE Rev. 2
Digital providers		Providers of online marketplacesmeans an online marketplace as defined in Article 2, point (n), of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(^31^);
		Providers of online search enginesmeans an online search engine as defined in Article 2, point (5), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^32^);Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 57).
		Providers of social networking services platformsmeans a platform that enables end-users to connect, share, discover and communicate with each other across multiple devices, in particular via chats, posts, videos and recommendations;
Research		Research organisationsmeans an entity which has as its primary goal to conduct applied research or experimental development with a view to exploiting the results of that research for commercial purposes, but which does not include educational institutions.