Art. 4 · Definitions

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Article 4 Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) animals means vertebrate and invertebrate animals; (2) terrestrial animals means birds, terrestrial mammals, bees and bumble bees; (3) aquatic animals means animals of the following species, at all life stages, including … 815 unchanged words … products; (31) derived products means products obtained from one or more treatments, transformations or steps in the processing of animal by–products; (32) products means: (a) germinal products; (b) products of animal origin; (c) animal by–products and derived products; (33) official control means any form of control carried out by a competent authority for performed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the purpose European Parliament and of verifying compliance with this Regulation; the Council Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1).; (34) health status means the disease status as regards the listed diseases relevant for a particular listed species with respect to: (a) an animal; (b) animals within: (i) an epidemiological unit; (ii) an establishment; (iii) a zone; (iv) a compartment; (v) a Member State; (vi) a third country … 620 unchanged words … species of animals concerned; (50) residency period means the minimum period necessary in order to ensure that an animal which has been introduced into an establishment is not of a lower health status than that of the animals in that establishment; (51) Traces traces means a system component integrated into the integrated computerised veterinary system with a single architecture provided for IMSOC as referred to in Decisions 2003/24/EC and 2004/292/EC; Articles 131 to 136 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (52) disease control aquatic food establishment means a food business approved in accordance with Article 179; (53) official veterinarian means a an official veterinarian authorised by the competent authority and appropriately qualified to perform official activities as defined in accordance with this Regulation; Article 3(32) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625; (54) official veterinarian in a third country or territory means a veterinarian in a third country or territory corresponding to an official veterinarian as referred to in point (53); (55) competent authority means the central veterinary authority of a Member State responsible for the organisation of official controls and any other official activities in accordance with this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2017/625, or any other authority to which that responsibility has been delegated; (56) competent authority of a third country or territory means the authority in a third country or territory corresponding to the competent authorities referred to in point (55).