- advertising
means any presentation of products to the public, by any means other than a label, that is intended or is likely to influence and shape attitudes, beliefs and behaviours in order to directly or indirectly promote the sale of products;
- agricultural area
means agricultural area as defined in point (e) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013;
- agricultural raw material
means an agricultural product that has not been subjected to any operation of preservation or processing;
- aquaculture
means aquaculture as defined in point (25) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- aquaculture products
means aquaculture products as defined in point (34) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
- biodynamic preparations
means mixtures traditionally used in biodynamic farming;
- closed recirculation aquaculture facility
means a facility on land or in a vessel where aquaculture takes place within an enclosed environment involving the recirculation of water and which depends on permanent external energy input to stabilise the environment for the aquaculture animals;
- competent authorities
means competent authorities as defined in point (3) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- control authority
means an organic control authority as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, or an authority recognised by the Commission or by a third country recognised by the Commission for the purposes of carrying out controls in third countries for the import of organic and in-conversion products into the Union;
- control body
means a delegated body as defined in point (5) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, or a body recognised by the Commission or by a third country recognised by the Commission for the purposes of carrying out controls in third countries for the import of organic and in-conversion products into the Union;
- conversion
means the transition from non-organic to organic production within a given period, during which the provisions of this Regulation concerning organic production apply;
- energy from renewable sources
means energy from renewable non-fossil sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, wave, tidal, hydropower, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases;
- engineered nanomaterial
means an engineered nanomaterial as defined in point (f) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- equivalence
means meeting the same objectives and principles by applying rules which ensure the same level of assurance of conformity;
- farmer
means a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status of that group and its members under national law, who exercises an agricultural activity;
- feed
means feed as defined in point (4) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
- food
means food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- food additive
means a food additive as defined in point (a) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- food enzyme
means a food enzyme as defined in point (a) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- generation
means a group of plants constituting a single step in the line of descent of plants;
- GMO
means a genetically modified organism as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council which is not obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex I.B to that Directive;
- hatchery
means a place for the breeding, hatching and rearing through the early life stages of aquaculture animals, in particular finfish and shellfish;
- holding
means all the production units operated under single management for the purpose of producing live or unprocessed agricultural products, including products originating from aquaculture and beekeeping, referred to in point (a) of Article 2(1) or products listed in Annex I other than essential oils and yeast;
- in-conversion product
means a product that is produced during the conversion period referred to in Article 10;
- in-conversion production unit
means a production unit, during the conversion period referred to in Article 10, which is managed in compliance with the requirements applicable to organic production;
- ingredient
means an ingredient as defined in point (f) of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 or, for products other than food, any substance or product used in the manufacture or preparation of products that is still present in the finished product, even in altered form;
- integrity of organic or in-conversion products
means the fact that the product does not exhibit non-compliance which:
- ionising radiation
means ionising radiation as defined in point (46) of Article 4 of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom;
- labelling
means any words, particulars, trade marks, brand name, pictorial matter or symbol relating to a product that are placed on any packaging, document, notice, label, ring or collar that accompanies or refers to that product;
- laying hens
means animals of the Gallus gallus species that are intended for the production of eggs for consumption and that are of an age of at least 18 weeks;
- livestock production
means the production of domestic or domesticated terrestrial animals, including insects;
- locally grown species
means aquaculture species which are neither alien nor locally absent species within the meaning of points (6) and (7), respectively, of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007, as well as the species listed in Annex IV to that Regulation;
- mother plant
means an identified plant from which plant reproductive material is taken for the reproduction of new plants;
- non-compliance
means non-compliance with this Regulation or non-compliance with the delegated or implementing acts adopted in accordance with this Regulation;
- non-organic production unit
means a production unit which is not managed in compliance with the requirements applicable to organic production;
- nursery
means a place where an intermediate aquaculture production system is applied between the hatchery and grow-out stages.
- operator
means the natural or legal person responsible for ensuring that this Regulation is complied with at every stage of production, preparation and distribution that are under that person’s control;
- organic heterogeneous material
means a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank which:
- organic product
means a product resulting from organic production, other than a product produced during the conversion period referred to in Article 10.
- organic production
means the use, including during the conversion period referred to in Article 10, of production methods that comply with this Regulation at all stages of production, preparation and distribution;
- organic production unit
means a production unit, excluding during the conversion period referred to in Article 10, which is managed in compliance with the requirements applicable to organic production;
- organic variety suitable for organic production
means a variety as defined in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 which:
- pen
means an enclosure that includes a part in which animals are provided with protection from adverse weather conditions.
- pest
means a pest as defined in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- placing on the market
means placing on the market as defined in point (8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;
- plant production
means production of agricultural crop products including harvesting of wild plant products for commercial purposes;
- plant products
means plant products as defined in point (6) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009;
- plant protection products
means the products referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009;
- plant reproductive material
means plants and all parts of plants, including seeds, at any stage of growth that are capable of, and intended for, producing entire plants;
- plants
means plants as defined in point (5) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009;
- polyculture
means the rearing in aquaculture of two or more species, usually from different trophic levels, in the same culture unit;
- poultry house
means a fixed or mobile building for accommodating flocks of poultry, which includes all surfaces covered by roofs, including a veranda;
- precautionary measures
means measures that are to be taken by operators at every stage of production, preparation, and distribution to avoid contamination with products or substances that are not authorised for use in organic production in accordance with this Regulation, and to avoid the commingling of organic products with non-organic products;
- prepacked food
means prepacked food as defined in point (e) of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;
- preparation
means the operations of preserving or processing of organic or in-conversion products, or any other operation that is carried out on an unprocessed product without altering the initial product, such as slaughtering, cutting, cleaning or milling, as well as packaging, labelling or alterations made to the labelling relating to organic production;
- preventive measures
means measures that are to be taken by operators at every stage of production, preparation and distribution in order to ensure the preservation of biodiversity and soil quality, measures for the prevention and control of pests and diseases and measures that are to be taken to avoid negative effects on the environment, animal health and plant health;
- processed products
means processed products as defined in point (o) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, irrespective of packaging or labelling operations;
- processing
means processing as defined in point (m) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;
- processing aid
means a processing aid as defined in point (b) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 for food and in point (h) of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 for feed;
- produced by GMOs
means derived by using a GMO as the last living organism in the production process, but not containing or consisting of GMOs nor produced from GMOs;
- produced from GMOs
means derived in whole or in part from GMOs but not containing or consisting of GMOs;
- production cycle
means the lifespan of an aquaculture animal or alga, from the earliest life stage (fertilised eggs, in the case of aquaculture animals) to harvesting;
- production unit
means all assets of a holding, such as primary production premises, land parcels, pasturages, open air areas, livestock buildings or parts thereof, hives, fish ponds, containment systems and sites for algae or aquaculture animals, rearing units, shore or seabed concessions, and premises for the storage of crops, of crop products, of algae products, of animal products, of raw materials and of any other relevant inputs managed as described in point (10), point (11) or point (12);
- pullets
means young animals of the Gallus gallus species that are of an age of less than 18 weeks;
- soil-related crop cultivation
means production in living soil or in soil that is mixed or fertilised with materials and products that are allowed in organic production in connection with the subsoil and bedrock;
- stage of production, preparation and distribution
means any stage from the primary production of an organic product through its storage, processing, transport, and sale or supply to the final consumer, including, where relevant, labelling, advertising, import, export and subcontracting activities;
- stocking density
means the live weight of aquaculture animals per cubic metre of water at any time during the grow-out phase and, in the case of flatfish and shrimp, the weight per square metre of surface.
- traceability
means the ability to trace and follow food, feed or any product referred to in Article 2(1), and any substance intended or expected to be incorporated into food, feed or any product referred to in Article 2(1), through all stages of production, preparation and distribution;
- unprocessed products
means unprocessed products as defined in point (n) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, irrespective of packaging or labelling operations;
- usable area
means usable area as defined in point (d) of Article 2(2) of Council Directive 1999/74/EC;
- veranda
means an additional, roofed, uninsulated, outdoor part of a building intended for poultry, the longest side usually being equipped with wire fencing or netting, with an outdoor climate, natural and, where necessary, artificial illumination, and a littered floor;
- veterinary medicinal product
means a veterinary medicinal product as defined in point (2) of Article 1 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- veterinary treatment
means all courses of a curative or preventive treatment against an occurrence of a specific disease;
- water pollution
means pollution as defined in point (33) of Article 2 of Directive 2000/60/EC and in point (8) of Article 3 of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the waters to which each of those Directives applies;