Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘specified pest’ means Meloidogyne graminicola Golden & Birchfield; (2) ‘specified plants’ means plants for planting with roots of Oryza sativa L., that have been grown in soil; (3) ‘host plants’ means plants for planting with roots that have been grown in soil, of the genera and species listed in Annex I; (4) ‘volunteer host plants’ means host plants which grow on their own in the places of production, without having been intentionally 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) ‘trap-crop-method’ means the sowing of plants of Oryza sativa L. to stimulate nematode hatching and root invasion, followed by the destruction of the plants, within a phenological phase which maximizes the efficacy of trapping, but not later than five weeks after planting.