[360] 7 “essential service” means a service provided in the State which is essential for the maintenance of critical societal activities or critical economic activities, or both, in the State and which is included in the essential services list prepared and maintained by a competent authority under Regulation 12(3); “European act” has the meaning given to it by section 8(3) of the European Union Act 2009 (No. 33 of 2009); “Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/151 of 30 January 20184 laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards further specification of the elements to be taken into account by digital service providers for managing the risks posed to the security of network and information systems and of the parameters for determining whether an incident has a substantial impact; “incident” means any event having an actual adverse effect on the security of network and information systems; “incident handling” means all procedures supporting the detection, analysis and containment of an incident and the response thereto; “internet exchange point” or “IXP” means a network facility which enables the interconnection of more than two independent autonomous systems, primarily for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of internet traffic; an internet exchange point provides interconnection only for autonomous systems; an internet exchange point does not require the internet traffic passing between any pair of participating autonomous systems to pass through any third autonomous system, nor does it alter or otherwise interfere with such traffic; “Minister” means the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment; “national strategy on the security of network and informations systems” means the national strategy prepared by the Minister under Regulation 11; “network and information system” means: (a) an electronic communications network within the meaning of Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Framework) Regulations 2011(S.I. No. 333 of 2011), (b) any device or group of inter-connected or related devices, one or more of which, pursuant to a programme, perform automatic processing of digital data, or (c) digital data stored, processed, retrieved or transmitted by elements referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) for the purposes of the operation, use, protection and maintenance of the data; 4 O.J. No. L 26, 31.1.2018, p.48