- animal act
means any act featuring animals kept for the purpose of an exhibition or fair, and which may form part of a circus;
- animal of the bovine species
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genera Bison, Bos (including the subgenera Bos, Bibos, Novibos, Poephagus) and Bubalus (including the subgenus Anoa) and the offspring of crossings of those species;
- animal of the caprine species
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Capra and the offspring of crossings of those species;
- animal of the ovine species
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Ovis and the offspring of crossings of those species;
- animal of the porcine species
means an animal of the species of ungulates of family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- animal shelter
means an establishment where former stray, feral, lost, abandoned or confiscated terrestrial animals are kept and whose health status might not be known for all of them at the time of entry into the establishment;
- assembly centre of dogs, cats and ferrets
means an establishment where those animals of the same health status are assembled from more than one establishment;
- breed society
means any breeders’ association, breeding organisation or public body, other than competent authorities, which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals entered in the breeding book(s) it maintains or establishes;
- breeding body
means any breeders’ association, breeding organisation, private undertaking, stock-rearing organisation or official service in a third country which, in respect of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine species or of hybrid breeding pigs, has been accepted by that third country in connection with the entry into the Union of breeding animals for breeding;
- breeding poultry
means poultry 72 hours old or more, intended for the production of hatching eggs;
- bumble bee
means an animal of the species belonging to the genus Bombus;
- camelid animal
means an animal of species of ungulates of family Camelidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- cat
means a kept animal of the Felis silvestris species;
- cervid animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates of family Cervidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- computer database
means a computer database of kept terrestrial animals as provided for in Article 109(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- control posts
means control posts as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1255/97;
- day-old chicks
means all poultry less than 72 hours old;
- dog
means a kept animal of the Canis lupus species;
- electronic identifier
means a marker with radio frequency identification (‘RFID’);
- environmentally isolated production establishment
means an establishment where its structures together with its strict biosecurity measures, ensure an effective isolation of the production of animals from the associated facilities and from the environment;
- equine animal
means an animal of species of solipeds belonging to the genus Equus (including horses, asses, and zebras) and the offspring of crossings of those species;
- establishment veterinarian
means a veterinarian responsible for the activities carried out at the quarantine establishment for kept terrestrial animals other than primates or at confined establishment as laid down in this Regulation;
- ferret
means a kept animal of the Mustela putorius furo species;
- flock
means all poultry or captive birds of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit;
- honeybees
means animals of the Apis mellifera species;
- identification code of the animal
means the individual code displayed by the means of identification applied to an animal and comprising:
- means of transport
means road or rail vehicles, vessels and aircrafts;
- primates
means animals of the species belonging to the order Primates excluding humans;
- registered equine animal
means:
- reindeer
means an ungulate animal of the Rangifer tarandus species listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- single lifetime identification document
means the single lifetime document whereby operators keeping kept animals of the equine species are required to ensure that those animals are individually identified, as provided for in Article 114(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- supply chain
means an integrated production chain of a common health status as regards listed diseases consisting of a collaborative network of specialised establishments approved by the competent authority for the purpose of Article 53, between which porcine animals are moved to complete the production cycle;
- travelling circus
means an exhibition or fair that includes animals or animal acts which is intended to move between Member States;
- type of transport
means the way transportation is carried out, such as by road, rail, air or water;
- unique approval number
means a number assigned by the competent authority to an establishment approved by it in accordance with Articles 97 and 99 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- unique code
means the unique code whereby operators keeping kept animals of the equine species are required to ensure that those animals are individually identified as provided for in Article 114(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and which is recorded in the computer database of the Member State provided for in Article 109(1) of that Regulation;
- unique registration number
means a number assigned by the competent authority to a registered establishment as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;