# Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents, Article 2: Definitions

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

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:
1..the definitions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 other than the definitions of ‘appropriate authority’ and ‘third country’;
2..the definitions laid down in Directive 2003/99/EC; and
3..the following definitions:
(a)‘herd’ means an animal or group of animals kept on a holding as an epidemiological unit; ...
(b)‘flock’ means all poultry of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit; in the case of housed poultry, this includes all birds sharing the same airspace;
(c)‘the appropriate authority’ has the meaning given by Article 2A;
(d) ‘constituent territory’ means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be;
(e) ‘third country’ means a country or territory outside the British Islands.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/2160/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-2160/article-2
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