A regulatory term referring to the offer for sale, hire or hire purchase of products, online or through other means of distance sales.
Distance selling is part of the formal vocabulary used in digital product passports, product sustainability information, durability, and ecodesign compliance. For this glossary, the key point is understanding how the source defines the term and where that definition sits within broader compliance or data requirements.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
the offer for sale, hire or hire purchase of products, online or through other means of distance sales, whereby the potential customer cannot physically access the product;
Reference: Article 2, point 56
In practice, this term matters when mapping who is responsible for obligations, declarations, market placement, recordkeeping, or due-diligence steps within digital product passports, product sustainability information, durability, and ecodesign compliance.
For Minespider, distance selling is best treated as a responsibility and workflow term. The important question is which actor, document, or compliance step the source is actually assigning through this definition.