Article 2 DefinitionsF1

For the purposes of this Regulation:

1. 1..

   ‘ dried fodder ’ means the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003;

2. 2..

   ‘ similar fodder products ’ means all artificially heat-dried herbage fodder products falling within CN code 1214 90 90 and in particular:

   • herbage legumes,

   • herbage grasses,

   • whole plants, harvested green with unripe grain, of the cereals listed in point I of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003;

3. 3..

   ‘ processing undertaking ’ means the dried fodder processing undertaking referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003, duly approved by the Member State in which it is located;

4. 4..

   ‘ purchaser of fodder for drying and/or grinding ’ means the natural or legal persons referred to in Article 10(c)(iii) of Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003, duly approved by the Member State where they are established, who purchase fresh fodder from producers in order to deliver it to processing undertakings;

5. 5..

   ‘ lot ’ means a specific quantity of fodder of uniform quality as regards composition, moisture content and protein content, leaving a processing undertaking at the same time;

6. 6..

   ‘ mixture ’ means an animal feed product containing dried fodder which has been dried and/or ground by the processing undertaking, and additives.

   ‘ Additives ’ are products of a different type from dried fodder, including binding agents and caking agents, or of the same type but dried and/or ground elsewhere.

   However, dried fodder containing no more than 3 % additives as a percentage of the total weight of the finished product shall not be regarded as a mixture where the total nitrogen content, relative to the dry matter of the additive, does not exceed 2,4 %;

7. 7..

   ‘agricultural parcels’ means the parcels identified in accordance with the identification system for agricultural parcels in the integrated administration and control system referred to in Articles 18 and 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and in Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 ^f1 ;

8. 8..

   ‘ single aid application ’ means the aid application referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Articles 12 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004;

9. 9..

   ‘ final consignee of a lot of dried fodder ’ means the last person to have received that lot in the form in which it left the processing undertaking, with a view to processing the dried fodder or using it in animal feed.