# Council directive 2004/68/EC of 26 April 2004 laying down animal health rules for the importation into and transit through the Community of certain live ungulate animals, amending Directives 90/426/EEC and 92/65/EEC and repealing Directive 72/462/EEC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘third countries’ shall mean countries other than Member States, and those territories of Member States to which Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market and Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market do not apply;
(b) ‘ authorised third country ’ shall mean a third country, or a part of a third country, from which the importation into the Community of live ungulate animals listed in Annex I is authorised as provided for in Article 3(1);
(c) ‘ official veterinarian ’ shall mean a veterinarian authorised by the veterinary administration of a third country to perform health inspections of live animals, and to perform official certification;
(d) ‘ ungulates ’ shall mean those animals listed in Annex 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2004/68/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-68/article-2
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