Article 11 Cooperation between Member States

1. use critical infrastructure means an asset, a facility, equipment, a network or a system, or a part of an asset, a facility, equipment, a network or a system, which is necessary for the provision of an essential service; which is physically connected between two or more Member States;

2. are part of corporate structures that are connected with, or linked to, critical entities means a public or private entity which has been identified by a Member State in accordance with Article 6 as belonging to one of the categories set out in the third column of the table in the Annex; in other Member States;

3. have been identified as critical entities means a public or private entity which has been identified by a Member State in accordance with Article 6 as belonging to one of the categories set out in the third column of the table in the Annex; in one Member State and provide essential services means a service which is crucial for the maintenance of vital societal functions, economic activities, public health and safety, or the environment; to or in other Member States.

The consultations referred to in paragraph 1 shall aim at enhancing the resilience means a critical entity’s ability to prevent, protect against, respond to, resist, mitigate, absorb, accommodate and recover from an incident; of critical entities means a public or private entity which has been identified by a Member State in accordance with Article 6 as belonging to one of the categories set out in the third column of the table in the Annex; and, where possible, reducing the administrative burden on them.