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Article 2

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

(a)

‘animal’ means any animal of the Suidae family, excluding feral pigs as defined in Article 2(b) of Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever

OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26).

;

(b)

‘holding’ means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place in which animals are held, kept or handled;

(c)

‘keeper’ means any natural or legal person responsible, even on a temporary basis, for animals;

(d)

‘competent authority’ means the central authority of a Member State competent to carry out veterinary checks or any authority to which it has delegated that competence for the purposes of implementing this Directive;

(e)

‘trade’ means trade as defined in point (3) of Article 2 of Directive 90/425/EEC.