For the purposes of this Directive:

1. (a)

   ‘holding’ means any establishment (agricultural or other) situated in the territory of a Member State, in which animals are reared or kept;

2. (b)

   ‘case’ means the official confirmation of any of the dieseases listed in Annex I in any animal or carcase;

3. (c)

   ‘outbreak’ means the holding or place situated in the territory of the Community where animals are assembled and where one or more cases has or have been officially confirmed;

4. (d)

   ‘primary outbreak’ means an outbrake not epizootiologically linked with a previous outbreak in the same region of a Member State as defined in Article 2 of Directive 64/432/EEC or the first outbreak in a different region of the same Member State.