Division 4 DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of these guidelines the definitions laid down in the relevant Community legislation and, in particular, the definitions in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, Article 2 of Directive 2000/29/EC, Commission Decision 2006/677/EC of 29 September 2006 setting out the guidelines laying down criteria for the conduct of audits under Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls to verify compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules^f1, and Commission Decision 2007/363/EC of 21 May 2007 on guidelines to assist Member States in preparing the single integrated multiannual national control plan provided for in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council^f2 shall apply.

In addition the following definitions apply for the purposes of these guidelines:

1. (a)

   ‘annual control programme’ means the annual programme for Community controls referred to in Article 45(4) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004;

2. (b)

   ‘control strategy’ means the approach taken to determine the nature, frequency, time, point/stage of the production chain, method and techniques of official controls (refer to Section 3.7.2 of the Annex to Decision 2007/363/EC);

3. (c)

   ‘national control plan’ means the single integrated multiannual national control plan provided for in Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.