Art. 2

32016R2031 → 02016R2031-20191214

Article 2 Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) plants means living plants and the following living parts of plants: (a) seeds, in the botanical sense, other than those not intended for planting; (b) fruits, in the botanical sense; (c) vegetables; (d) tubers, corms, bulbs, rhizomes, roots, rootstocks, stolons; (e) shoots, stems, runners; (f) cut flowers; (g) branches with or without foliage; (h) cut trees retaining foliage; (i) leaves, foliage; (j) plant tissue cultures, including cell cultures, germplasm, meristems, chimaeric clones, micro-propagated material; (k) live pollen and spores; (l) buds, budwood, cuttings, scions, grafts; (2) plant products means unmanufactured material of plant origin and those manufactured products that, by their nature or that of their processing, may create a risk of the spread of quarantine pests. Except where otherwise provided in the implementing acts adopted pursuant to Articles 28, 30 and 41, wood shall only be considered as a plant product if it fulfils one or more of the following criteria: (a) it retains all or part of its natural round surface, with or without bark; (b) it has not retained its natural round surface due to sawing, cutting or cleaving; (c) it is in the form of chips, particles, sawdust, wood waste, shavings or scrap, and has not undergone processing involving the use of glue, heat or pressure or a combination thereof to produce pellet, briquettes, plywood or particle board; (d) it is, or is intended to be, used as packaging material, whether or not it is actually in use for transport of goods; (3) planting means any operation for the placing of plants in a growing medium, or by grafting or similar operations, to ensure their subsequent growth, reproduction or propagation; (4) plants for planting means plants intended to remain planted, to be planted or to be replanted; (5) other object means any material or object, other than plants or plant products, capable of harbouring or spreading pests, including soil or growing medium; (6) competent authority means competent authorities as defined in Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the central authority or authorities European Parliament and of a Member State, or, where applicable, the Council Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of a third country, responsible for the organisation European parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and of other official activities, or any other authority activities performed to which that responsibility has been conferred, in accordance with Union legislation ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on official controls; 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).; (7) lot means a number of units of a single commodity, identifiable by its homogeneity of composition, origin and other relevant elements, forming part of a consignment; (8) trade unit means the smallest commercial or other useable unit applicable to the … 336 unchanged words … to a lot, batch, series, date of production or professional operator documents; (22) phytosanitary measure means any official measure having the purpose to prevent the introduction or spread of quarantine pests or to limit the economic impact of regulated non-quarantine pests.