For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1. 1.

   ‘plant protection products’: active substances and preparations containing one or more active substances, put up in the form in which they are supplied to the user, intended to:

   1. (a)

      protect plants or plant products against all harmful organisms or prevent the action of such organisms, in so far as such substances or preparations are not otherwise defined below;

   2. (b)

      influence the life processes of plants, other than as a nutrient (e.g. plant growth regulators);

   3. (c)

      preserve plant products, in so far as such substances or products are not subject to special Council or Commission provisions on preservatives;

   4. (d)

      destroy undesirable plants; or

   5. (e)

      destroy parts of plants, check or prevent undesirable growth of plants;

2. 2.

   ‘substances’: chemical elements and their compounds, as they occur naturally or by manufacture, including any impurity inevitably resulting from the manufacturing process;

3. 3.

   ‘active substances’: substances or micro-organisms including viruses, having general or specific action:

   1. (a)

      against harmful organisms; or

   2. (b)

      on plants, parts of plants or plant products;

4. 4.

   ‘preparations’: mixtures or solutions composed of two or more substances, of which at least one is an active substance, intended for use as plant protection products;

5. 5.

   ‘plants’: live plants and live parts of plants, including fresh fruit and seeds;

6. 6.

   ‘plant products’: products in the unprocessed state or having undergone only simple preparation such as milling, drying or pressing, derived from plants, but excluding plants themselves as defined in point 5;

7. 7.

   ‘harmful organisms’: pests of plants or plant products belonging to the animal or plant kingdom, and also viruses, bacteria and mycoplasmas and other pathogens;

8. 8.

   ‘product’: the active substance as defined in point 3 or combination of active substances of a plant protection product;

9. 9.

   ‘basic patent’: a patent which protects a product as defined in point 8 as such, a preparation as defined in point 4, a process to obtain a product or an application of a product, and which is designated by its holder for the purpose of the procedure for grant of a certificate;

10. 10.

    ‘certificate’: the supplementary protection certificate.