# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 of 13 March 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors, Article 1A: Definitions


For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
(a) ‘constituent nation’ means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be;
(b) ‘public funds’ means moneys provided by Parliament, Senedd Cymru, the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly or a body exercising public functions within the United Kingdom. References to ‘public funding’ are to be construed accordingly;
(c) ‘relevant authority’ means:
(i) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(ii) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
(iii) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(iv) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;
(d) ‘third country’ means any country or territory other than:
(i) the United Kingdom;
(ii) the Bailiwick of Jersey;
(iii) the Bailiwick of Guernsey;
(iv) the Isle of Man;
(e) ‘existing non-UK member’ means an ex-transnational producer organisation member:
(i) who was, immediately before IP completion day, a producer member of a transnational producer organisation within the meaning of Articles 2(b) and 2(d) of Regulation (EU) 2017/891 (as they had effect immediately before IP completion day); and
(ii) at least one of whose holdings is situated in a European Union Member State;
(f) ‘ex-transnational producer organisation’ means a producer organisation that was, immediately before IP completion day, recognised in the United Kingdom as a transnational producer organisation within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EU) 2017/891 (as it had effect immediately before IP completion day).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/892/article/1A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-892/article-1A
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