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

1. (a)

   ‘equidae’ or ‘equine animal(s)’ means wild or domesticated soliped mammals of all species within the genus Equus of the family Equidae, and their crosses;

2. (b)

   ‘holding’ means an agricultural or training establishment, a stable or any premises or facilities in which equidae are habitually kept or bred, for whatever use, and nature reserves in which equidae live in freedom;

3. (c)

   ‘keeper’ means any natural or legal person having possession of, or being charged with, the keeping of equidae, whether or not for financial reward, and whether on a temporary or permanent basis, including during transportation, at markets, or during competitions, races or cultural events;

4. (d)

   ‘owner’ means the natural or legal person(s) having the ownership of the equine animal;

5. (e)

   ‘registered equidae’ means any equidae which are:

   1. (i)

      F3entered or registered and eligible for entry in a studbook, in accordance with the rules laid down by Articles 4(3), 19(4), 30(9) and (10), 32, 33 and 34(1)(c) of, and Annex 1, Part 1 of Annex 2 and Annex 5 to—

      • — in relation to the United Kingdom, Regulation 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council”,

      • — in relation to member States, Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as it has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time,

      and identified by means of an identification document issued by a competent authority, or

   2. (ii)

      horses, including ponies, registered with an international association or organisation, which manages horses for competition or racing and identified by means of an identification document issued by the national branch of that association or organisation;

6. (f)

   ‘studbook’ means any book, register, file or data medium:

   1. (i)

      which is maintained either by an organisation or an association officially approved or recognised F4by the appropriate authority, by the zootechnical authority in Northern Ireland or by a Member State or maintained by an official agency of F5the United Kingdom or of the Member State concerned; and

   2. (ii)

      in which equidae are entered or registered and eligible for entry with a mention of all their known ascendants;

7. (g)

   ‘equidae for breeding and production’ means equidae other than those referred to in points (e) and (h);

8. (h)

   ‘equidae for slaughter’ means equidae intended to be transported F6to the slaughterhouse for slaughter, either directly or through an approved marshalling centre, referred to in—

   1. (i)

      Article 2(b) of Council Regulation 1/2005/EC, or

   2. (ii)

      in relation to intended slaughter in a member State or in Northern Ireland, Council Regulation 1/2005/EC, as that Regulation has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time;

9. (i)

   F7‘competent authority’ means—

   1. (i)

      in Great Britain, the appropriate authority or any other authority to which the competence of that authority has been conferred, including an official veterinarian;

   2. (ii)

      in a member State, the central authority of the member State competent for the organisation of official controls or any other authority to which that competence has been conferred, including the competent authority referred to in point (h) of Article 2 of Directive 2009/156/EC, as amended from time to time (‘the EU Directive’);

   3. (iii)

      in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs or any other authority to which the competence of that authority has been conferred, including the competent authority referred to in point (h) of the EU Directive;

10. (j)

    F8‘zootechnical authority’ means—

    1. (i)

       in Great Britain, the appropriate authority or any other authority to which the competence of that authority has been conferred, including any organisation or association which maintains or establishes a stud-book;

    2. (ii)

       in a member State, the central authority competent for the implementation of Council Directive 90/427/EEC, as amended from time to time, or any authority to which that competence has been conferred, including the authorities referred to in Article 2(1) of Commission Decision 92/353/EEC, as that Decision has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time;

    3. (iii)

       in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs or any other authority to which the competence of that authority has been conferred, including any organisation or association which maintains or establishes a stud-book;

11. (k)

    F9‘temporary admission’ means the status of a registered horse coming from a third country and admitted into Great Britain for a period of days pursuant to—

    1. (i)

       Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation 2018/659 on the conditions for the entry into the Union of live equidae and of semen, ova and embryos of equidae;

    2. (ii)

       a Decision adopted in accordance with Article 19(b) of the EU Directive;

12. (l)

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13. (m)

    ‘mark’ means any visible or viewable and distinguishing characteristic of an individual equine animal, which is either inherent or acquired, and recorded for identification purposes;

14. (n)

    ‘transponder’ means a read-only passive radio-frequency identification device:

    1. (i)

       complying with standard ISO 11784 and applying Full Duplex (FDX or FDX-B) or Half Duplex (HDX) technology; and

    2. (ii)

       capable of being read by a reading device compatible with standard ISO 11785, at a minimum distance of 12 cm;

15. (o)

    ‘unique life number’ means a unique 15-digit alpha-numeric code compiling information on the individual equine animal and the database and country where such information is first recorded in accordance with the coding system of the Universal Equine Life Number (UELN) and comprising:

    1. (i)

       a six-digit UELN-compatible identification code for the database referred to in Article 39; followed by

    2. (ii)

       a nine-digit individual identification number assigned to the equine animal;

16. (p)

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17. (q)

    ‘compulsorily notifiable diseases’ means the diseases listed in Annex I to Directive 2009/156/EC;

18. (r)

    ‘official veterinarian’ means the veterinarian designated by F12a competent authority of the United Kingdom, the competent authority of a Member State or of a third country;

19. (s)

    ‘smart card’ means a plastic device with an embedded computer chip capable of storing data and transmitting them electronically to compatible computer systems;

20. (t)

    ‘veterinarian responsible’ means the F13veterinary surgeon referred to in Schedule 4 to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 or, in Northern Ireland or a member State, the veterinarian referred to in Article 10(1) of Directive 2001/82/EC F14as that Directive has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time.

21. (u)

    F15‘third country’ means a country other than the British Islands or a member State;

22. (v)

    ‘constituent territory of the United Kingdom free of African horse sickness’ means a constituent territory of the United Kingdom in which—

    1. (i)

       there has been no clinical, serological (in unvaccinated equidae) or epidemiological evidence of African horse sickness on the territory concerned in the previous 2 years, and

    2. (ii)

       there have been no vaccinations against that disease during the previous 12 months;

23. (w)

    ‘constituent territory of the United Kingdom’ means England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland;

24. (wa)

    ‘constituent territory of Great Britain’ means England, Wales or Scotland;

25. (x)

    ‘appropriate authority’ means—

    1. (i)

       in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

    2. (ii)

       in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

    3. (iii)

       in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

26. (y)

    ‘the EU Regulation’ means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/262, as that Regulation has effect in EU law, as amended from time to time.