Transport alone that is not undertaken in conjunction with one of those steps should fall outside the scope of parcel delivery services, including when it is carried out by subcontractors, either in the context of alternative business models or not, as it should in that case be assumed that this activity is part of the transport sector, unless the undertaking concerned, or one of its subsidiaries or linked undertakings, otherwise falls within the scope of this Regulation.
Maidir le hiompar ina aonar, nach ndéantar i gcomhar le ceann de na céimeanna sin, níor cheart dó teacht faoi raon feidhme na seirbhísí seachadta beartán, lena n-áirítear nuair a dhéanann fochonraitheoirí é, i gcomhthéacs samhlacha gnó malartacha nó gan é a dhéanamh amhlaidh, mar ba cheart a thoimhdiú sa chás sin gur cuid den earnáil iompair í an ghníomhaíocht sin, mura rud é go dtagann an gnóthas lena mbaineann, nó ceann dá fhochuideachtaí nó dá ghnóthais atá nasctha, ar bhealach eile faoi raon feidhme an Rialacháin seo.