# Council Directive 2008/71/EC of 15 July 2008 on the identification and registration of pigs (Codified version), Article 2

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

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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/71/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-71/article-2
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