- 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;
- animal professional
means a natural or legal person having an occupational relationship with animals or products, other than operators or veterinarians;
- animals
means vertebrate and invertebrate 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,
- aquatic animals
means animals of the following species, at all life stages, including eggs, sperm and gametes:
- 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;
- 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;
- 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:
- 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;
- 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;
- competent 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 (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).
- confined establishment
means any permanent, geographically limited establishment, created on a voluntary basis and approved for the purpose of movements, where the animals are:
- derived products
means products obtained from one or more treatments, transformations or steps in the processing of animal by–products;
- 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;
- disease control aquatic food establishment
means a food business approved in accordance with Article 179;
- disease profile
means the criteria of a disease referred to in point (a) of Article 7;
- epidemiological unit
means a group of animals with the same likelihood of exposure to a disease agent;
- 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 product establishment
means:
- germinal products
means:
- hatchery
means an establishment which collects, stores, incubates and hatches eggs for the supply of:
- hatching eggs
means eggs, laid by poultry or captive birds, intended for incubation;
- 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;
- health status
means the disease status as regards the listed diseases relevant for a particular listed species with respect to:
- kept animals
means animals which are kept by humans, including, in the case of aquatic animals, aquaculture animals;
- listed diseases
means diseases listed in accordance with Article 5(1);
- 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);
- non–commercial movement
means any movement of a pet animal accompanying its owner and which
- official control
means any form of control performed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- official veterinarian
means an official veterinarian as defined in Article 3(32) of Regulation (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);
- 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;
- other animals
means animals of species other than those falling within the definition of terrestrial or aquatic animals;
- 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;
- 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);
- poultry
means birds that are reared or kept in captivity for:
- products
means:
- products of animal origin
means:
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- terrestrial animals
means birds, terrestrial mammals, bees and bumble bees;
- traces
means a system component integrated into the IMSOC as referred to in Articles 131 to 136 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- transporter
means an operator transporting animals on his own account or on account of a third party;
- ungulates
means the animals listed in Annex III;
- 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;
- wild animals
means animals which are not kept animals;
- zone
means: