For the purposes of this Directive, the definitions contained in Article 2 of Directive 64/432/EEC and Article 2 of Directive 72/462/EEC shall apply as necessary.

Moreover:

1. (a)

   ‘embryo’ means the initial stage of development of a domestic animal of the bovine species while it is capable of being transferred to a recipient dam;

2. (b)

   ‘embryo collection team’ means an officially approved group of technicians or structure supervised by a team veterinarian competent to perform the collection, processing and storage of embryos according to the conditions set out in Annex A;

3. (c)

   ‘team veterinarian’ means the veterinarian responsible for the supervision of an embryo collection team in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex A;

4. (d)

   ‘consignment of embryos’ means a quantity of embryos removed in one operation from a single donor and covered by a single certificate;

5. (e)

   ‘country of collection’ means the Member State or third country in which embryos are produced, collected, processed and, where necessary, stored, and from which they are sent to a Member State;

6. (f)

   ‘approved diagnostic laboratory’ means a laboratory situated in the territory of a Member State or third country approved by the competent veterinary authority to carry out the diagnostic tests laid down in this DirectiveF1;

7. (g)

   ‘F2embryo production team’ means an officially approved embryo collection team for in vitro fertilization in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant Annex.