- 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 their entry into the establishment;
- animals intended for slaughter
means kept terrestrial animals to be transported, either directly or after undergoing an assembly operation, to a slaughterhouse;
- approved germinal product establishment
means a semen collection centre, an embryo collection team, an embryo production team, a germinal product processing establishment or a germinal product storage centre;
- bovine animal
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;
- 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 the species of ungulates belonging to the family Camelidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- caprine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Capra and the offspring of crossings of those species;
- carcase of an ungulate
means the whole body of a slaughtered or killed ungulate after:
- casings
means the bladders and intestines that after cleaning have been processed by tissue scraping, defatting and washing and have been treated with salt or dried;
- cat
means a kept animal of the Felis silvestris species;
- centre veterinarian
means the veterinarian responsible for the activities carried out at the semen collection centre, at the germinal product processing establishment or at the germinal product storage centre as provided for in this Regulation;
- cervid animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the family Cervidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- colostrum
means the fluid secreted by the mammary glands of kept animals up to 3 to 5 days post-parturition that is rich in antibodies and minerals, and precedes the production of raw milk;
- colostrum-based products
means processed products resulting from the processing of colostrum or from the further processing of such processed products;
- consignment of germinal products
means a quantity of semen, oocytes, in vivo derived embryos or in vitro produced embryos dispatched from a single approved germinal product establishment covered by a single animal health certificate;
- container
means any crate, box, receptacle or other rigid structure used for the transport of animals, germinal products or products of animal origin which is not the means of transport;
- day-old chicks
means poultry less than 72 hours old;
- disease has not been reported
means that no animal or group of animals of relevant species kept on the establishment has been classified as a confirmed case of that disease and any suspect case of that disease has been ruled out;
- dog
means a kept animal of the Canis lupus species;
- embryo
means the initial stage of development of an animal while it is capable of being transferred to a recipient dam;
- embryo collection team
means a germinal product establishment comprised of a group of professionals or a structure approved by the competent authority for the collection, processing, storage and transport of oocytes or of in vivo derived embryos intended for entry into the Union;
- embryo production team
means a germinal product establishment comprised of a group of professionals or structure approved by the competent authority for the collection, processing, storage and transport of oocytes, and the in vitro production, where applicable with stored semen, processing, storage and transport of embryos, both intended for entry into the Union;
- 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;
- 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;
- fresh meat
means meat, minced meat and meat preparations, including vacuum-wrapped or wrapped in a controlled atmosphere, which has not undergone any preserving process other than chilling, freezing or quick-freezing;
- germinal product processing establishment
means a germinal product establishment approved by the competent authority for the processing, including semen sex-sorting where appropriate, and the storage of semen, oocytes or embryos of one or more species, or any combination of those types of germinal products or species, intended for entry into the Union;
- germinal product storage centre
means a germinal product establishment approved by the competent authority for the storage of semen, oocytes or embryos of one or more species, or any combination of those types of germinal products or species, intended for entry into the Union;
- honeybee
means an animal of the Apis mellifera species;
- IMSOC
means the information management system for official controls provided for in Article 131 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;
- listed third country, territory or zone thereof
means a third country, territory or zone thereof included in a list of third countries, territories or zones thereof, or compartments in the case of aquaculture animals, from which the entry into the Union of a particular species and category of animals, germinal products and products of animal origin is permitted in accordance with implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 230(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- means of transport
means road or rail vehicle, vessels and aircrafts;
- meat
means all parts of ungulates, poultry and game birds which are suitable for human consumption, including blood;
- meat products
means processed products, including treated stomachs, bladders, intestines, rendered animal fats and meat extracts, resulting from the processing of meat or from the further processing of such processed products, so that the cut surface shows that the product no longer has the characteristics of fresh meat;
- offal
means fresh meat other than that of a carcase of an ungulate even if it remains naturally connected to the carcase;
- oocytes
means the haploid stages of the ootidogenesis including secondary oocytes and ova;
- ovine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Ovis and the offspring of crossings of those species;
- porcine animal
means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 for the purpose of entry into the Union of an animal or an animal of the species Sus scrofa, for the purpose of entry into the Union of germinal products;
- productive poultry
means poultry 72 hours old or more, reared for the production of meat, eggs for consumption or other products or for restocking supplies of game birds;
- quarantine accommodation
means a facility authorised by the competent authority for the purpose of the isolation of bovine, porcine, ovine or caprine animals for a period of at least 28 days before they are admitted to a semen collection centre;
- registered equine animal
means:
- sanitary group
means a group of listed third countries in which common animal health risks as regards diseases listed for equine animals prevail that require specific risk-mitigating measures and health guarantees when equine animals enter into the Union;
- semen
means the ejaculate of an animal or animals, either in the unaltered state or prepared or diluted;
- semen collection centre
means a germinal product establishment approved by the competent authority for the collection, processing, storage and transport of semen of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine animals intended for entry into the Union;
- specified pathogen-free eggs
means hatching eggs derived from ‘chicken flocks free from specified pathogens’, as described in the European Pharmacopoeia and which are intended solely for diagnostic, research or pharmaceutical use;
- team veterinarian
means the veterinarian responsible for the activities carried out by an embryo collection team or by an embryo production team as provided for in this Regulation;
- the list
means the list of third countries, territories or zones thereof, or compartments in the case of aquaculture animals, authorised for entry into the Union of consignments of a particular species and category of animals, germinal products or products of animal origin by implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 230(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;
- unique approval number
means a number assigned by the competent authority;
- vector-protected establishment
means part or all facilities of an establishment that are protected against attacks from, as appropriate, Culicoides spp. or Culicidae by appropriate physical and management means, with a status of vector-protected establishment being granted by the competent authority, and complying with the criteria laid down in Annex XI, point 3.
- well-boat
means a ‘well-boat’ as defined in Article 2, point 2, of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/990;