ad hoc datameans data that are of a particular interest for users at a specific point in time but that are not included in the regular data sets;
administrative datameans data generated by a non-statistical source, usually held by a public or private body, the main aim of which is not to provide statistics;
agricultural activitymeans the economic activities undertaken in agriculture in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council falling within the scope of groups A.01.1, A.01.2, A.01.3, A.01.4, A.01.5 or within the scope of the ‘maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition’ of group A.01.6 in the economic territory of the Union, either as its primary or secondary activity;
dairy enterprisemeans an enterprise or agricultural holding that purchases milk or, in certain cases, milk products, in order to transform them into milk products;
data setmeans one or several aggregated variables organised in a structured form;
detailed topicmeans the detailed content of the information to be collected about the observation units related to a topic;
domainmeans one or several data sets that cover particular topics;
hatcherymeans an enterprise for incubating eggs, hatching and supplying chicks;
metadatameans information that is needed to use and interpret statistics and which describes data in a structured way;
observation unitmeans an identifiable entity about which data can be obtained;
plant protection productsmeans products, in the form in which they are supplied to the user, consisting of, or containing, active substances, as referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, safeners, as referred to in Article 2(3), point (a), of that Regulation or synergists, as referred to in Article 2(3), point (b), of that Regulation, and intended for one of the uses described in Article 2(1) of that Regulation;
pre-checked datameans data verified by the Member States, based on agreed common validation rules, wherever available;
professional usermeans any person who uses plant protection products in the course of their professional activities, including operators, technicians, employers and self-employed persons, in the farming sector.
slaughterhousemeans an officially registered and approved enterprise with permission to slaughter and dress animals, the meat of which is intended for human consumption;
topicmeans the content of the information to be collected about the observation units;
variablemeans a characteristic of an observation unit that may assume more than one of a set of values;