S.L. 437.72 Art. 2Definitions. Cap. 437.

(1) For the purposes of these rules the following definitions shall apply: "the Commission" means the European Commission; "the Community" means the European Community;

"documentary check" means verification of the documents accompanying a product or of any other information provided on the product; "establishment" means any undertaking which produces or manufactures a product or which holds the product at an intermediate stage before marketing or which markets the products; "identity check" means verification, by visual inspection only, for consistency between the documents, the labelling and the products;

"Member State" means a State which is a Member within the European Community;

"official inspection in the field of animal nutrition", hereinafter called "inspection", means an inspection by the competent authorities to check compliance with the legislative provisions laid down in -

(i) any other rules in the field of animal nutrition in which provision is made for official inspections to be carried out in accordance with the provisions of these rules,

(ii) European Union Council Directive 2002/32/EC on undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition,

(iii) European Union Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs,

(iv) European Union Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs,

(v) European Union Council Directive 82/471/EEC concerning certain products used in animal nutrition,

(vi) European Union Council Directive 93/74/EEC on feedingstuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes, and

(vii) European Union Council Directive 96/25/EC on the circulation of feed materials rules;

"physical check" means a check of the product itself, including, where appropriate, sampling and laboratory testing;

"product intended for animal nutrition" or "product" means animal feed or any substance used in animal nutrition;

"putting into circulation" or "circulation" means the holding of any product intended for animal nutrition for the purposes of sale, including offering for sale, or any other form of transfer, whether free or not, to third parties, and the sale and other forms of transfer themselves;

"Third Country" means a State which is not a Member within the European Community;

"Veterinary Services" is the competent authority as established under article 2 of the Veterinary Services Act and for the purposes of these rules is responsible for carrying out official checks in the field of animal nutrition.

(2) The definitions given in European Community legislation relating to the field of animal nutrition shall apply where appropriate.