{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-628/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/628",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/628 of 8 April 2019 concerning model official certificates for certain animals and goods and amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 as regards these model certificates (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-628",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:\n(1)‘placing on the market’ means placing on the market as defined in point (8) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council;\n(2)‘sprouts’ means sprouts as defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2013;\n(3)‘slaughterhouse’ means a slaughterhouse as defined in point 1.16 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(4)‘fresh meat’ means fresh meat as defined in point 1.10 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(5)‘meat’ means meat as defined in point 1.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(6)‘poultry’ means poultry as defined in point 1.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(7)‘wild game’ means wild game as defined in point 1.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(8)‘eggs’ means eggs as defined in point 5.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(9)‘egg products’ means egg products as defined in point 7.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(10)‘meat preparations’ means meat preparations as defined in point 1.15 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(11)‘meat products’ means meat products as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(12)‘treated stomachs, bladders and intestines’ means treated stomachs, bladders and intestines as defined in point 7.9 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(13)‘bivalve molluscs’ means bivalve molluscs as defined in point 2.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(14)‘fishery products’ means fishery products as defined in point 3.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(15)‘raw milk’ means raw milk as defined in point 4.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(16)‘dairy products’ means dairy products as defined in point 7.2. of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(17)‘colostrum’ means colostrum as defined in point 1 of Section IX of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(18)‘colostrum-based products’ means colostrum-based products as defined in points 2 of Section IX of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(19)‘frogs’ legs' means frogs' legs as defined in point 6.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(20)‘snails’ means snails as defined in point 6.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(21)‘rendered animal fat’ means rendered animal fat defined in point 7.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(22)‘greaves’ means greaves as defined in point 7.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(23)‘gelatine’ means gelatine as defined in point 7.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(24)‘collagen’ means collagen as defined in point 7.8 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(25)‘honey’ means honey as defined in point 1 of Part IX of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;\n(26)‘apiculture products’ means apiculture products as defined in point 2 of Part IX of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;\n(27)‘reptile meat’ means reptile meat as defined in point (16) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625;\n(28)‘insects’ means insects as defined in point (17) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625;\n(29)‘reefer vessel’ means a reefer vessel as defined in point (26) of Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625;\n(30)‘freezer vessel’ means a freezer vessel as defined in point 3.3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(31)‘factory vessel’ means a factory vessel as defined in point 3.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(32)‘production area’ means a production area as defined in point 2.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(33)‘dispatch centre’ means a dispatch centre as defined in point 2.7 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(34)‘mechanically separated meat’ means mechanically separated meat as defined in point 1.14 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(35)‘game-handling establishment’ means a game-handling establishment as defined in point 1.18 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(36)‘cutting plant’ means a cutting plant as defined in point 1.17 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;\n(37)‘farmed game’ means farmed game as defined in point 1.6 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.\n(38)‘appropriate computerised information management system’ means the computerised information management system for official controls referred to in Article 131 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;\n(39)‘the appropriate authority’ means the appropriate authority as defined in Article 3(2A) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;\n(40)‘entry into Great Britain’ means entry into Great Britain as defined in Article 3(40) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;\n(41)‘third country’ means third country as defined in Article 3(2D) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;\n(42)‘British fishing vessel’ means a fishing vessel registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 for which entry in the register specifies a port in Great Britain as the port to which the vessel is to be treated as belonging.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 2(38)-(42) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1631), regs. 1(2), 17(4) (with regs. 33-36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2013 of 11 March 2013 on traceability requirements for sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts (OJ L 68, 12.3.2013, p. 16)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/628/article/2",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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