Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

‘animals’ means vertebrate and invertebrate animals;

‘terrestrial animals’ means birds, terrestrial mammals, bees and bumble bees;

‘aquatic animals’ means animals of the following species, at all life stages, including eggs, sperm and gametes:

‘other animals’ means animals of species other than those falling within the definition of terrestrial or aquatic animals;

‘kept animals’ means animals which are kept by humans, including, in the case of aquatic animals, aquaculture animals;

‘aquaculture’ means the keeping of aquatic animals where the animals remain the property of one or more natural or legal persons throughout the rearing or culture stages, up to and including harvesting, excluding the harvesting or catching for the purposes of human consumption of wild aquatic animals which are subsequently temporarily kept while awaiting slaughter without being fed;

‘aquaculture animals’ means any aquatic animals subject to aquaculture,

‘wild animals’ means animals which are not kept animals;

‘poultry’ means birds that are reared or kept in captivity for:

‘captive birds’ means any birds other than poultry that are kept in captivity for any reason other than those referred to in point (9), including those that are kept for shows, races, exhibitions, competitions, breeding or selling;

‘pet animal’ means a kept animal of the species listed in Annex I which is kept for private non–commercial purposes;

‘pet keeper’ means a natural person, and may include a pet owner, keeping a pet animal;

‘pet owner’ means a natural person indicated as the owner in the identification document referred to in point (c) of Article 247, point (c) of Article 248(2), point (c) of Article 249(1) and point (c) of Article 250(2);

‘non–commercial movement’ means any movement of a pet animal accompanying its owner and which

‘authorised person’ means any natural person who has authorisation in writing from the pet owner to carry out the non–commercial movement of the pet animal on behalf of the pet owner;

‘disease’ means the occurrence of infections and infestations in animals, with or without clinical or pathological manifestations, caused by one or more disease agents;

‘disease agent’ means a pathogen transmissible to animals or to humans which is capable of causing a disease in animals;

‘listed diseases’ means diseases listed in accordance with Article 5(1);

‘disease profile’ means the criteria of a disease referred to in point (a) of Article 7;

‘listed species’ means an animal species or group of animal species listed in accordance with Article 8(2), or, in the case of emerging diseases, an animal species or group of animal species which meets the criteria for listed species laid down in Article 8(2);

‘hazard’ means a disease agent in, or a condition of, an animal or product with the potential to have an adverse effect on the health of humans or animals;

‘risk’ means the likelihood of the occurrence and the likely magnitude of the biological and economic consequences of an adverse effect on animal or public health;

‘biosecurity’ means the sum of management and physical measures designed to reduce the risk of the introduction, development and spread of diseases to, from and within:

‘operator’ means any natural or legal person having animals or products under his responsibility, including for a limited duration of time, but excluding pet keepers and veterinarians;

‘transporter’ means an operator transporting animals on his own account or on account of a third party;

‘animal professional’ means a natural or legal person having an occupational relationship with animals or products, other than operators or veterinarians;

‘establishment’ means any premises, structure, or, in the case of open-air farming, any environment or place, where animals or germinal products are kept, on a temporary or permanent basis, except for:

‘germinal products’ means:

‘products of animal origin’ means:

‘animal by–products’ means entire bodies or parts of animals, products of animal origin or other products obtained from animals, which are not intended for human consumption, excluding germinal products;

‘derived products’ means products obtained from one or more treatments, transformations or steps in the processing of animal by–products;

‘products’ means:

‘[F1official control’ means any form of control performed in accordance with Regulation [X1(EU) 2017/625] of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) ;]

‘health status’ means the disease status as regards the listed diseases relevant for a particular listed species with respect to:

‘zone’ means:

‘water catchment’ means an area or basin of land bounded by natural features such as hills or mountains, into which all run–off water flows;

‘compartment’ means an animal subpopulation contained in one or more establishments and, in the case of aquatic animals, in one or more aquaculture establishments, under a common biosecurity management system with a distinct health status with respect to a specific disease or specific diseases subject to appropriate surveillance, disease control and biosecurity measures;

‘quarantine’ means the keeping of animals in isolation with no direct or indirect contact with animals outside the epidemiological unit, for the purpose of ensuring that there is no spread of one or more specified diseases while the animals in isolation are undergoing observation for a specified length of time and, if appropriate, testing and treatment;

‘epidemiological unit’ means a group of animals with the same likelihood of exposure to a disease agent;

‘outbreak’ means the officially confirmed occurrence of a listed disease or an emerging disease in one or more animals in an establishment or other place where animals are kept or located;

‘restricted zone’ means a zone in which restrictions on the movements of certain animals or products and other disease control measures are applied, with a view to preventing the spread of a particular disease into areas where no restrictions are applied; a restricted zone may, when relevant, include protection and surveillance zones;

‘protection zone’ means a zone around and including the location of an outbreak, where disease control measures are applied in order to prevent the spread of the disease from that zone;

‘surveillance zone’ means a zone which is established around the protection zone, and where disease control measures are applied in order to prevent the spread of the disease from the protection zone;

‘hatching eggs’ means eggs, laid by poultry or captive birds, intended for incubation;

‘ungulates’ means the animals listed in Annex III;

‘germinal product establishment’ means:

‘hatchery’ means an establishment which collects, stores, incubates and hatches eggs for the supply of:

‘confined establishment’ means any permanent, geographically limited establishment, created on a voluntary basis and approved for the purpose of movements, where the animals are:

‘assembly operation’ means the assembling of kept terrestrial animals from more than one establishment for a period shorter than the required residency period for the species of animals concerned;

‘residency period’ means the minimum period necessary in order to ensure that an animal which has been introduced into an establishment is not of a lower health status than that of the animals in that establishment;

‘[F1traces’ means a system component integrated into the IMSOC as referred to in Articles 131 to 136 of Regulation [X1(EU) 2017/625] ;]

‘disease control aquatic food establishment’ means a food business approved in accordance with Article 179;

‘[F1official veterinarian’ means an official veterinarian as defined in Article 3(32) of Regulation [X1(EU) 2017/625] ;]

‘official veterinarian in a third country or territory’ means a veterinarian in a third country or territory corresponding to an official veterinarian as referred to in point (53);

‘[F1competent authority’ means the central veterinary authority of a Member State responsible for the organisation of official controls and any other official activities in accordance with this Regulation and Regulation [X1(EU) 2017/625] , or any other authority to which that responsibility has been delegated;]

‘competent authority of a third country or territory’ means the authority in a third country or territory corresponding to the competent authorities referred to in point (55).