Article 1 Definitions

the procedure of collecting biological material from animals at the holding by or on behalf of the Competent Authority for laboratory testing;

The collection of samples from the environment of a poultry flock performed by or on behalf of the Competent Authority in the framework of a programme for the control of certain zoonotic Salmonella;

the procedure performed on a sample in a laboratory to detect, diagnose or evaluate disease agent presence or absence, disease process or the susceptibility to a specific disease agent;

The procedure of performing a tuberculin skin test as defined in Annex B point 2 to Council Directive 64/432/EEC^f1, in the framework of a bovine tuberculosis programme.