Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘dog’ means a kept animal of the Canis lupus species; (2) ‘cat’ means a kept animal of the Felis silvestris species; (3) ‘ferret’ means a kept animal of the Mustela putorius furo species; (4) ‘type of transport’ means the way transportation is carried out, such as by road, rail, air or water; (5) ‘means of transport’ means road or rail vehicles, vessels and aircrafts; (6) ‘day-old chicks’ means all poultry less than 72 hours old; (7) ‘assembly centre of dogs, cats and ferrets’ means an establishment where those animals of the same health status are assembled from more than one establishment; (8) ‘animal shelter’ means an establishment where former stray, feral, lost, abandoned or confiscated terrestrial animals are kept and whose health status might not be known for all of them at the time of entry into the establishment; (9) ‘control posts’ means control posts as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1255/97; (10) ‘environmentally isolated production establishment’ means an establishment where its structures together with its strict biosecurity measures, ensure an effective isolation of the production of animals from the associated facilities and from the environment; (11) ‘bumble bee’ means an animal of the species belonging to the genus Bombus ; (12) ‘primates’ means animals of the species belonging to the order Primates excluding humans; (13) ‘honeybees’ means animals of the Apis mellifera species; (14) ‘establishment veterinarian’ means a veterinarian responsible for the activities carried out at the quarantine establishment for kept terrestrial animals other than primates or at confined establishment as laid down in this Regulation; (15) ‘unique registration number’ means a number assigned by the competent authority to a registered establishment as referred to in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (16) ‘unique approval number’ means a number assigned by the competent authority to an establishment approved by it in accordance with Articles 97 and 99 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (17) ‘unique code’ means the unique code whereby operators keeping kept animals of the equine species are required to ensure that those animals are individually identified as provided for in Article 114(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 and which is recorded in the computer database of the Member State provided for in Article 109(1) of that Regulation; (18) ‘identification code of the animal’ means the individual code displayed by the means of identification applied to an animal and comprising: (a) the country code of the Member State where the means of identification was applied to the animal; (b) followed by the numeric individual identification number assigned to the animal not exceeding 12 digits; (19) ‘bovine animal’ or ‘animal of the bovine species’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genera Bison , Bos (including the subgenera Bos , Bibos , Novibos , Poephagus ) and Bubalus (including the subgenus Anoa ) and the offspring of crossings of those species; (20) ‘ovine animal’ or ‘animal of the ovine species’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Ovis and the offspring of crossings of those species; (21) ‘caprine animal’ or ‘animal of the caprine species’ means an animal of the species of ungulates belonging to the genus Capra and the offspring of crossings of those species; (22) ‘porcine animal’ or ‘animal of the porcine species’ means an animal of the species of ungulates of family Suidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (23) ‘electronic identifier’ means a marker with radio frequency identification (‘RFID’); (24) ‘animal of the equine species’ or ‘equine animal’ means an animal of species of solipeds belonging to the genus Equus (including horses, asses, and zebras) and the offspring of crossings of those species; (25) ‘computer database’ means a computer database of kept terrestrial animals as provided for in Article 109(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (26) ‘supply chain’ means an integrated production chain of a common health status as regards listed diseases consisting of a collaborative network of specialised establishments approved by the competent authority for the purpose of Article 53, between which porcine animals are moved to complete the production cycle; (27) ‘single lifetime identification document’ means the single lifetime document whereby operators keeping kept animals of the equine species are required to ensure that those animals are individually identified, as provided for in Article 114(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (28) ‘breed society’ means any breeders’ association, breeding organisation or public body, other than competent authorities, which is recognised by the competent authority of a Member State in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 for the purpose of carrying out a breeding programme on purebred breeding animals entered in the breeding book(s) it maintains or establishes; (29) ‘breeding body’ means any breeders’ association, breeding organisation, private undertaking, stock-rearing organisation or official service in a third country which, in respect of purebred breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine or equine species or of hybrid breeding pigs, has been accepted by that third country in connection with the entry into the Union of breeding animals for breeding; (30) ‘registered equine animal’ means: (a) a purebred breeding animal of the species Equus caballus and Equus asinus entered or eligible for entry in the main section of a breeding book established by a breed society or breeding body recognised in accordance with Articles 4 or 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012; (b) a kept animal of the species Equus caballus registered with an international association or organisation, either directly or through its national federation or branches, which manages horses for competition or racing (‘registered horse’); (31) ‘camelid animal’ means an animal of species of ungulates of family Camelidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (32) ‘cervid animal’ means an animal of the species of ungulates of family Cervidae listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (33) ‘reindeer’ means an ungulate animal of the Rangifer tarandus species listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2016/429; (34) ‘travelling circus’ means an exhibition or fair that includes animals or animal acts which is intended to move between Member States; (35) ‘animal act’ any act featuring animals kept for the purpose of an exhibition or fair, and which may form part of a circus; (36) ‘breeding poultry’ means poultry 72 hours old or more, intended for the production of hatching eggs; (37) ‘flock’ means all poultry or captive birds of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit; in housed poultry includes all birds sharing the same airspace.