CHAPTER IU.K.General provisions

Article 2U.K.

1.For the purposes of this Directive:

(a)trade means trade as defined by Article 2 (2) of Directive 89/662/EEC;

(b)trade sample means a sample of no commercial value, taken on behalf of the owner or the person responsible for an establishment, which is representative of a given product of animal origin produced by that establishment, or constitutes a specimen of a product of animal origin the manufacture of which is contemplated, and which, for the purposes of subsequent examination, must bear a reference to the type of product, its composition and the species of animal from which it was obtained;

(c)serious transmissible disease means all diseases covered by Directive 82/894/EEC (1)

(d)pathogenic agents jmeans any collection or culture of organisms or any derivative, present either alone or in the form of a manipulated combination of such a collection or culture of organisms capable of causing disease in any living being (other than man) and any modified derivatives of these organisms, which can carry or transmit an animal pathogen, or the tissue, cell culture, secretions or excreta by which or by means of which an animal pathogen can be carried or transmitted; this definition does not include the immunological veterinary medicinal products authorized pursuant to Directive 90/677/EEC (2);

[F1(e) processed animal protein intended for animal consumption means animal protein which has been treated so as to render it suitable for direct use as a feedingstuff or as an ingredient in a feedingstuff for animals. It includes fishmeal, meatmeal, bonemeal, hoofmeal, hornmeal, bloodmeal, feathermeal, dry greaves and other similar products including mixtures containing these products;]

(f)processed animal protein intended for human consumption means greaves, meatmeal and pork-rind powder referred to in Article 2 (b) of Directive 77/99/EEC (3) [F2.]

[F1(g) apiculture product means honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis or pollen, not intended for human consumption or for industrial use.]

2.In addition, the definitions contained in Article 2 of Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(1)

OJ No L 378, 31. 12. 1982, p. 58. Directive as last amended by Decision 90/134/EEC (OJ No L 76, 22. 3. 1990, p. 23).

(3)

OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 85. Directive updated by Directive 92/5/EEC (OJ No L 57, 2. 3. 1992, p. 1), and last amended by Directive 92/45/EEC (OJ No L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 35)