- Actual alcoholic strength by mass
means the number of kilograms of pure alcohol contained in 100 kilograms of product.
- Actual alcoholic strength by volume
means the number of volumes of pure alcohol contained at a temperature of 20 °C in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature.
- adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster
means weather conditions such as frost, hail, ice, rain or drought which destroy more than 30 % of the average annual production of a given farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry.
- Aerated semi-sparkling wine
means the product which:
- Aerated sparkling wine
means the product which:
- Agreement within the trade
means one of the following:
- Amber grains
means grains which have undergone, otherwise than by drying, a slight uniform change in colour over the whole surface;
- Apiculture products
means honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis or pollen.
- Bovine animals
means live animals of the domestic bovine species falling within CN codes 010221, ex01023100, 01029020, ex01022910 to ex01022999, 01023910, 01029091.
- Broken grains or fragments
means grains from which a part of the volume greater than the end has been removed;
- Broken rice
means grain fragments the length of which does not exceed three quarters of the average length of the whole grain.
- carcass
means the whole body of a slaughtered animal as presented after bleeding, evisceration and skinning;
- Chalky grains
means grains at least three-quarters of the surface of which looks opaque and chalky.
- Chicks
means live fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, each weighing not more than 185 grams.
- Clipped grains
means grains from which the entire end has been removed.
- collector
means an undertaking which transports raw milk from a farmer or another collector to a processor of raw milk or another collector, where the ownership of the raw milk is transferred in each case.
- Concentrated grape juice
means uncaramelised grape juice obtained by partial dehydration of grape juice carried out by any authorised method other than by direct heat in such a way that the figure indicated by a refractometer used in accordance with a method to be prescribed at a temperature of 20 °C is not less than 50,9 %.
- Concentrated grape must
means uncaramelised grape must which is obtained by partial dehydration of grape must carried out by any authorised method other than by direct heat in such a way that the figure indicated by a refractometer used in accordance with a method to be prescribed in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 80(5) and point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 91 at a temperature of 20 °C is not less than 50,9 %.
- cream
means the product obtained from milk in the form of an emulsion of the oil-in-water type with a milk-fat content of at least 10 %.
- Crude olive-pomace oil
means oil obtained from olive pomace by treatment with solvents or by physical means or oil corresponding to lampante olive oil, except for certain specified characteristics, excluding oil obtained by means of re-esterification and mixtures with other types of oils, and the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down by the Commission in accordance with Article 75(2) for this category.
- Cuvée
means
- delivery contract
means a contract concluded between a seller and an undertaking for the delivery of beet for the manufacture of sugar.
- Derived products
means the following:
- designation of origin
means a name, including a traditionally used name, which identifies a product referred to in Article 92(1):
- dominant position
means a position of economic strength enjoyed by an undertaking which enables it to prevent effective competition being maintained in the relevant market by giving it the power to behave to an appreciable extent independently of its competitors, of its suppliers or customers, and ultimately of consumers.
- drinking milk
means the products referred to in point III intended for delivery without further processing to the consumer;
- economic area
means a geographical zone made up of adjoining or neighbouring production regions in which production and marketing conditions are homogeneous, or, for products with a protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication recognised under Union law, the geographical zone specified in the product specification.
- Eggs for hatching
means poultry eggs for hatching
- Eggs in shell
means poultry eggs in shell, fresh, preserved, or cooked, other than eggs for hatching specified in point 2.
- Extra virgin olive oil
means virgin olive oil having a maximum free acidity in terms of oleic acid, of 0,8 g per 100 g, the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down by the Commission in accordance with Article 75(2) for this category.
- Extract of hops
means the concentrated products obtained by the action of a solvent on the hops or on the hop powder.
- fat content
means the ratio by mass of parts of milk fat per hundred parts of milk in the milk concerned;
- first purchaser
means an undertaking or group which buys milk from producers in order to: Member States shall notify the Commission of the quantities of raw milk and the average prices referred to in the first paragraph.
- Fresh grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol
means a product which:
- Fresh grapes
means the fruit of the vine used in making wine, ripe or even slightly raisined, which may be crushed or pressed by normal wine-cellar means and which may spontaneously produce alcoholic fermentation.
- fresh poultrymeat
means poultrymeat which has not been stiffened at any time by the cooling process prior to being kept at a temperature not below – 2 °C and not higher than + 4 °C.
- fresh poultrymeat preparation
means a poultrymeat preparation for which fresh poultrymeat has been used.
- frozen poultrymeat
means poultrymeat which must be frozen as soon as possible within the constraints of normal slaughtering procedures and is to be kept at a temperature no higher than – 12 °C at any time;
- Full-time refiner
means a production unit:
- geographic market
means the market comprising the area in which the undertakings concerned are involved in the supply of the relevant products, in which the conditions of competition are sufficiently homogeneous and which can be distinguished from neighbouring areas, particularly because the conditions of competition are appreciably different in those areas.
- geographical indication
means a name, including a traditionally used name, which identifies a product referred to in Article 92(1):
- Grafting-on
means the grafting of a vine which has already been subject to a previous grafting.
- Grains showing natural malformation
means grains showing a natural malformation, whether or not of hereditary origin, as compared with the morphological characteristics typical of the variety.
- Grains striated with red
means grains showing longitudinal red striations of differing intensity and shades, due to residues from the pericarp.
- Grape juice
means the unfermented but fermentable liquid product which: An actual alcoholic strength of the grape juice of not more than 1 % volume is permissible.
- Grape marc
means the residue from the pressing of fresh grapes, whether or not fermented.
- Grape must
means the liquid product obtained naturally or by physical processes from fresh grapes.
- Grape must in fermentation
means the product obtained from the fermentation of grape must which has an actual alcoholic strength of more than 1 % volume but less than three fifths of its total alcoholic strength by volume.
- Grape must in fermentation extracted from raisined grapes
means the product obtained from the partial fermentation of grape must obtained from raisined grapes, the total sugar content of which before fermentation is at least 272 grams per litre and the natural and actual alcoholic strength of which shall not be less than 8 % volume.
- Green grains
means grains which are not fully ripened.
- Green harvesting
means the total destruction or removal of grape bunches while still in their immature stage, thereby reducing the yield of the relevant area to zero, and excluding non-harvesting comprising of leaving commercial grapes on the plants at the end of the normal production cycle.
- Grubbing up
means the complete elimination of all vine stocks on an area planted with vines.
- half-carcass
means the product obtained by separating the carcass symmetrically through the middle of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the middle of the sternum and the ischiopubic symphysis.
- Hop powder
means the product obtained by milling the hops, containing all the natural elements thereof.
- Hop powder with higher lupulin content
means the product obtained by milling the hops after mechanical removal of a part of the leaves, stalks, bracts and rachides.
- Hops
means the dried inflorescences, also known as cones, of the (female) climbing hop plant (Humulus lupulus);
- Husked rice
means paddy rice from which only the husk has been removed.
- Industrial sugar
means any quantity of sugar production attributed to a specific marketing year over and above the sugar quantity referred to in point 5, intended for the production by the industry of one of the products referred to in Article 140(2).
- Inulin syrup
means the immediate product obtained by hydrolysis of inulin or oligofructoses, containing in the dry state at least 10 % fructose in free form or as sucrose, and expressed as sugar/isoglucose equivalents.
- Isoglucose
means the product obtained from glucose or its polymers, with a content by weight in the dry state of at least 10 % fructose.
- labelling
means any words, particulars, trade marks, brand name, pictorial matter or symbol placed on any packaging, document, notice, label, ring or collar accompanying or referring to a given product;
- Lampante olive oil
means virgin olive oil having a free acidity in terms of oleic acid, of more than 2 g per 100 g, and/or the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down by the Commission in accordance with Article 75(2) for this category.
- lease of a factory
means the leasehold contract of a technical unit including all the plant required for the manufacture of sugar, with a view to its operation, concluded for a period of at least three consecutive marketing years, which the parties agree not to terminate before the end of the third marketing year, with an undertaking which is established in the same Member State as the factory concerned, if, after the lease takes effect, the undertaking which rents the factory can be considered to be a solely sugar-producing undertaking for its entire production.
- less developed regions
means those regions defined as such in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
- Liqueur wine
means the product:
- Live poultry
means live fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls each weighing more than 185 grams.
- Long grain rice
means
- Measurements of the grains
means grain measurements on wholly milled rice taken by the following method:
- meat
means all carcases, meat on the bone or boned, and offal, whether or not cut, intended for human consumption, obtained from bovine animals aged less than 12 months, presented fresh, frozen or deep-frozen, whether or not wrapped or packed.
- Medium grain rice
means rice, the grains of which are of a length exceeding 5,2 mm but not exceeding 6,0 mm and of a length/width ratio no greater than 3.
- merger of undertakings
means the consolidation of two or more undertakings into a single undertaking;
- Milk
means exclusively the normal mammary secretion obtained from one or more milkings without either addition thereto or extraction therefrom.
- milk products
means products falling within headings 0401 to 0406 as well as subheadings 17021100, 17021900 and 21069051.
- Mixed hop products
means a mixture of two or more of the products referred to in points 1 to 4.
- name that has become generic
means the name of a wine which, although it relates to the place or the region where this product was originally produced or marketed, has become the common name of a wine in the Union.
- national competition authority
means the authority referred to in Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003;
- Natural alcoholic strength by volume
means the total alcoholic strength by volume of a product before any enrichment.
- New wine still in fermentation
means the product in which the alcoholic fermentation is not yet complete and which is not yet separated from its lees.
- non-harvesting
means the termination of the current production cycle on the area concerned where the product is well developed and is of sound, fair and marketable quality.
- Olive oils composed of refined olive oils and virgin olive oils
means olive oil obtained by blending refined olive oil and virgin olive oil other than lampante olive oil, having a free acidity content, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 1 g per 100 g, and the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down by the Commission in accordance with Article 75(2) for this category.
- Olive-pomace oil
means oil obtained by blending refined olive-pomace oil and virgin olive oil other than lampante olive oil, having a free acidity content, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 1 g per 100 g, and the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down by the Commission in accordance with Article 75(2) for this category.
- Other products
means all agricultural products other than those listed in Parts I to XXIII, including those listed in the following Sections 1 and 2 of this Part.
- Paddy rice
means rice which has retained its husk after threshing.
- Piquette
means a product obtained by:
- Planting
means the definitive establishment of vine plants or parts of vine plants, whether or not grafted, with a view to producing grapes or to establishing a graft nursery.
- Potential alcoholic strength by mass
means the number of kilograms of pure alcohol capable of being produced by total fermentation of the sugars contained in 100 kilograms of product.
- Potential alcoholic strength by volume
means the number of volumes of pure alcohol at a temperature of 20 °C capable of being produced by total fermentation of the sugars contained in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature.
- poultrymeat
means poultrymeat suitable for human consumption, which has not undergone any treatment other than cold treatment;
- poultrymeat preparation
means poultrymeat including poultrymeat that has been reduced to fragments, which has had foodstuffs, seasonings or additives added to it or which has undergone processes insufficient to modify the internal muscle fibre structure of the meat;
- poultrymeat product
means a meat product as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 for which poultrymeat has been used.
- presentation
means any information conveyed to consumers by virtue of the packaging of the product concerned, including the form and type of bottles.
- product market
means the market comprising all those products which are regarded as interchangeable or substitutable by the consumer by reason of the products' characteristics, their prices and their intended use;
- protein content
means the ratio by mass of parts of protein per hundred parts of milk in the milk concerned (obtained by multiplying by 6,38 the total nitrogen content of the milk expressed as a percentage by mass).
- Quality aromatic sparkling wine
means the quality sparkling wine:
- Quality sparkling wine
means the product:
- quick-frozen poultrymeat
means poultrymeat which is to be kept at a temperature no higher than – 18 °C at any time within the tolerances as provided for in Council Directive 89/108/EEC;
- Quota beet
means all sugar beet processed into quota sugar.
- Raw sugars
means sugars, not flavoured or coloured or containing any other added substances, containing, in the dry state, less than 99,5 % by weight of sucrose, determined by the polarimetric method.
- Rectified concentrated grape must
means:
- Refined olive oil
means olive oil obtained by refining virgin olive oil, having a free acidity content, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 0,3 g per 100 g, and the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down by the Commission in accordance with Article 75(2) for this category.
- Refined olive-pomace oil
means oil obtained by refining crude olive-pomace oil, having free acidity content, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 0,3 g per 100 g, and the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down by the Commission in accordance with Article 75(2) for this category.
- Retsina
means wine produced exclusively in the geographical territory of Greece using grape must treated with resin from the Aleppo pine.
- Round grain rice
means rice, the grains of which are of a length not exceeding 5,2 mm and of a length/width ratio of less than 2.
- sale description
means the name under which a foodstuff is sold, within the meaning of Article 5(1) of Directive 2000/13/EC, or the name of the food, within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
- school fruit and vegetables
means the products referred to in point (a) of paragraph 3 and point (a) of paragraph 4;
- school milk
means the products referred to in point (b) of paragraph 3 and point (b) of paragraph 4, as well as the products referred to in Annex V.
- Semi-milled rice
means paddy rice from which the husk, part of the germ and the whole or part of the outer layers of the pericarp but not the inner layers have been removed.
- Semi-sparkling wine
means the product which:
- Separated products
means birds' egg yolks, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter suitable for human consumption.
- Slaughtered poultry
means dead fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, whole, with or without offal.
- SME
means a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC.
- Sparkling wine
means the product:
- Spotted grains
means grains showing a well-defined small circle of dark colour of more or less regular shape;
- Stained grains
means grains which have undergone, on a small area of their surface, an obvious change in their natural colour;
- Standard amendment
means any amendment to a product specification that is not a Union amendment.
- sustainability standard
means a standard which aims to contribute to one or more of the following objectives:
- Temporary amendment
means a standard amendment concerning a temporary change in the product specification resulting from the imposition of obligatory sanitary and phytosanitary measures by the public authorities or linked to natural disasters or adverse weather conditions formally recognised by the competent authorities.
- Total alcoholic strength by mass
means the sum of the actual and potential alcoholic strength.
- Total alcoholic strength by volume
means the sum of the actual and potential alcoholic strengths.
- traditional term
means a term traditionally used in Member States for the products referred to in Article 92(1) to designate:
- transfer of a factory
means the transfer of ownership of a technical unit, including all the plant required to manufacture the product concerned, to one or more undertakings, resulting in the partial or total absorption of the production of the undertaking making the transfer;
- transfer of an undertaking
means the transfer or absorption of the assets of an undertaking having quota to one or more undertakings;
- Union amendment
means an amendment to a product specification that:
- Virgin olive oil
means virgin olive oil having a maximum free acidity in terms of oleic acid, of 2 g per 100 g, the other characteristics of which comply with those laid down by the Commission in accordance with Article 75(2) for this category.
- White sugars
means sugars, not flavoured or coloured or containing any other added substances, containing, in the dry state, 99,5 % or more by weight of sucrose, determined by the polarimetric method.
- Whole grains
means grains from which only part of the end has been removed, irrespective of characteristics produced at each stage of milling.
- Whole products
means birds' eggs not in shell, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter suitable for human consumption.
- Wholly milled rice
means paddy rice from which the husk, the whole of the outer and inner layers of the pericarp, the whole of the germ in the case of long grain or medium grain rice and at least part thereof in the case of round grain rice have been removed, but in which longitudinal white striations may remain on not more than 10 % of the grains.
- Wine
means the product obtained exclusively from the total or partial alcoholic fermentation of fresh grapes, whether or not crushed, or of grape must.
- Wine fortified for distillation
means a product which:
- Wine from raisined grapes
means the product which:
- Wine lees
means the residue:
- Wine of overripe grapes
means the product which:
- Wine vinegar
means vinegar which:
- Yellow grains
means grains which have undergone, totally or partially, otherwise than by drying, a change in their natural colour and have taken on a lemon or orange-yellow tone.