Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘the specified pest’ means Meloidogyne graminicola (Golden & Birchfield); (2) ‘specified plants’ means plants for planting, other than seeds, with roots of Oryza sativa L., that have been grown in soil; (3) ‘host plants’ means plants for planting with roots of the genera and species listed in Annex I, that have been grown in soil; (4) ‘volunteer host plants’ means host plants which appear in the places of production without having been planted; (5) ‘specified seeds’ means seeds of Oryza sativa L.; (6) ‘specified objects’ means machinery, tools, vehicles, and personal equipment, which have been used for activities relating to the planting, treatment or harvesting of the host plants; (7) ‘demarcated area’ means the area consisting of an infested zone and a buffer zone that is established when the specified pest has been found; (8) ‘infested zone’ means a zone in which the field or fields of Oryza sativa L. contains: (a) all host plants known to be infested by the specified pest; (b) all host plants showing symptoms indicating possible infestation by the specified pest; (c) all other plants suspected to be infested or infested by the specified pest, including plants prone to be infested due to their susceptibility to that pest and their close proximity to infested specified plants, or plants grown from them; (d) land, soil or other elements infested, or liable to be infested, by the specified pest; (9) ‘buffer zone’ means a zone of a width of at least 100 m, surrounding the infested zone; (10) ‘trap-crop method’ means the method under which certain specified plants are temporarily planted in an infested field, in order to trap the specified pest, and later removed and destroyed, for the purpose of protecting in the same field other specified plants from that pest.