- animal by-products
means animal by-products as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;
- animal disease
means disease as defined in point (16) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- animals
means animals as defined in point (1) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- ante-mortem inspection
means the verification, prior to slaughtering activities, of human and animal health and animal welfare requirements, including, where appropriate, the clinical examination of each individual animal, and the verification of the food chain information as referred to in Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
- audit
means a systematic and independent examination to determine whether activities and the related results of such activities comply with planned arrangements and whether these arrangements are applied effectively and are suitable to achieve the objectives;
- border control post
means a place, and the facilities belonging to it, designated by a Member State for the performance of the official controls provided for in Article 47(1);
- border inspection post
means a border control post as defined in Article 3(38) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- certifying officer
means:
- competent authorities
means competent authorities as defined in Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
- competent authority
means competent authorities as defined in Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625’;
- consignment
means a number of animals or quantity of goods covered by the same official certificate, official attestation or any other document, conveyed by the same means of transport and coming from the same territory or third country, and, except for goods subject to the rules referred to in point (g) of Article 1(2), being of the same type, class or description;
- control by the customs authorities
means customs controls as defined in point (3) of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- control plan
means a description established by the competent authorities containing information on the structure and organisation of the official control system, and of its operation and the detailed planning of official controls to be performed, over a period of time, in each of the areas governed by the rules referred to in Article 1(2);
- control system
means a system comprising the competent authorities and the resources, structures, arrangements and procedures set up in a Member State to ensure that official controls are performed in accordance with this Regulation and with the rules referred to in Articles 18 to 27;
- control verification procedures
means the arrangements put in place and actions performed by the competent authorities for the purpose of ensuring that official controls and other official activities are consistent and effective;
- delegated body
means a separate legal person to which the competent authorities have delegated certain official control tasks or certain tasks related to other official activities;
- derived products
means derived products as defined in point (2) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;
- documentary check
means the examination of the official certificates, official attestations and other documents including documents of a commercial nature, which are required to accompany the consignment as provided for by the rules referred to in Article 1(2), by Article 56(1) or by implementing acts adopted in accordance with Articles 77(3), 126(3), 128(1) and 129(1);
- entry into the Union
means the action of bringing animals and goods into one of the territories that are listed in Annex I to this Regulation from outside these territories, except in relation to the rules referred to in point (g) of Article 1(2) for which these terms mean the action of bringing goods into the ‘Union territory’ as defined in the second subparagraph of Article 1(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;
- exit point
means an exit point as defined in Article 3(39) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625’;
- feed
means feed as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
- feed law
means the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing feed in general and feed safety in particular, whether at Union or national level at any stage of production, processing and distribution or use of feed;
- food
means food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
- food law
means food law as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
- germinal products
means germinal products as defined in point (28) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- goods
means all that is subject to one or more of the rules referred to in Article 1(2), excluding animals;
- hazard
means any agent or condition with the potential to have an adverse effect on human, animal or plant health, animal welfare or the environment;
- health mark
means a mark applied after the official controls referred to in points (a) and (c) of Article 18(2) have been performed and which attests that the meat is fit for human consumption.
- identity check
means a visual inspection to verify that the content and the labelling of a consignment, including the marks on animals, seals and means of transport, correspond to the information provided in the official certificates, official attestations and other documents accompanying it;
- journey log
means the document set out in points 1 to 5 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1/2005;
- long journey
means a long journey as defined in point (m) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005;
- meat and edible meat offal
means, for the purpose of point (a) of Article 49(2) of this Regulation, the products listed in sub-Chapters 0201 to 0208 of Chapter 2 of Section I of Part II of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87;
- official attestation
means any label, mark or other form of attestation issued by the operators under the supervision, through dedicated official controls, of the competent authorities or by the competent authorities themselves, and providing assurance concerning compliance with one or more requirements laid down in this Regulation or in the rules referred to in Article 1(2);
- official auxiliary
means a representative of the competent authorities trained in accordance with the requirements established under Article 18 and employed to perform certain official control tasks or certain tasks related to other official activities;
- official certificate
means a paper or electronic document signed by the certifying officer and providing assurance concerning compliance with one or more requirements laid down in the rules referred to in Article 1(2);
- official certification
means the procedure by which assurance concerning compliance with one or more requirements laid down in the rules referred to in Article 1(2) is provided by the competent authorities;
- official control
means any form of control performed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- official controls
means activities performed by the competent authorities, or by the delegated bodies or the natural persons to which certain official control tasks have been delegated in accordance with this Regulation, in order to verify:
- official detention
means the procedure by which the competent authorities ensure that animals and goods subject to official controls are not moved or tampered with pending a decision on their destination;
- official plant health officer
means a natural person appointed by a competent authority, either as staff or otherwise, and appropriately trained to perform official controls and other official activities in accordance with this Regulation and the relevant rules referred to in point (g) of Article 1(2);
- official veterinarian
means a veterinarian appointed by a competent authority, either as staff or otherwise, and appropriately qualified to perform official controls and other official activities in accordance with this Regulation and the relevant rules referred to in Article 1(2);
- operator
means any natural or legal person subject to one or more of the obligations provided for in the rules referred to in Article 1(2);
- organic control authority
means a public administrative organisation for organic production and labelling of organic products of a Member State to which the competent authorities have conferred, in whole or in part, their competences in relation to the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, including, where appropriate, the corresponding authority of a third country or operating in a third country;
- other objects
means other objects as defined in point (5) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;
- other official activities
means activities, other than official controls, which are performed by the competent authorities, or by the delegated bodies or the natural persons to which certain other official activities have been delegated in accordance with this Regulation, and with the rules referred to in Article 1(2), including activities aimed at verifying the presence of animal diseases or pests of plants, preventing or containing the spread of such animal diseases or pests of plants, eradicating those animal diseases or pests of plants, granting authorisations or approvals, and issuing official certificates or official attestations.
- pesticide application equipment
means pesticide application equipment as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Directive 2009/128/EC;
- pests of plants
means pests as defined in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;
- physical check
means a check on animals or goods and, as appropriate, checks on packaging, the means of transport, labelling and temperature, the sampling for analysis, testing or diagnosis and any other check necessary to verify compliance with the rules referred to in Article 1(2);
- plant products
means plant products as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;
- plant protection products
means plant protection products as referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009;
- plants
means plants as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031;
- post-mortem inspection
means the verification in the slaughterhouse or game-handling establishment of compliance with requirements applicable to:
- products of animal origin
means products of animal origin as defined in point 8.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- rating
means a classification of operators based on an assessment of their conformity with rating criteria;
- risk
means a function of the probability of an adverse effect on human, animal or plant health, animal welfare or the environment and of the severity of that effect, consequential to a hazard;
- specified risk material
means specified risk material as defined in point (g) of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;
- supervision by the customs authorities
means customs supervision as defined in point (27) of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- Traces
means a system component integrated into the IMSOC as referred to in Articles 131 to 136 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;’;
- transit
means transit as defined in Article 3(44) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.’;
- under the responsibility of the official veterinarian
means that the official veterinarian assigns the performance of an action to an official auxiliary;
- under the supervision of the official veterinarian
means that an action is performed by an official auxiliary under the responsibility of the official veterinarian and the official veterinarian is present on the premises during the time necessary to perform that action;