Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

1. (a)

   ‘swift and adequate compensation’: payment, within 90 days of the slaughter of the animals, of compensation corresponding to the market value of the animals;

2. (b)

   ‘market value’: the price which the owner would normally have been able to obtain for the animal immediately before it became infected or was slaughtered, taking account of its fitness, quality and age;

3. (c)

   X1‘ reasonable expenditure ’ : costs incurred in purchasing equipment or services at prices that are not disproportionate to the market value before diagnosis of the disease;

4. (d)

   F1‘ necessary expenditure ’ : costs incurred in purchasing equipment or services referred to in the first, second and third indents of Article 3(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, in the second indent of Article 3a(3) of that Decision, and in points (a)(i) to (iv) and point (b) of Article 11(4) thereof, where their nature and direct link with eligible expenditure as defined in Article 3 of this Regulation have been shown;

5. (e)

   ‘compulsory slaughter’: compulsory slaughter in declared areas and preventive slaughter if explicitly ordered and carried out owing to a specific health risk (as a result of contact, adjacent location, suspicion or suppressive vaccination).

The definitions in points (a) to (d) shall also apply in the event of compulsory destruction of eggs.