S.L. 146.2 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 386. Cap. 442.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -''agricultural parcel'' means a continuous area of land on which a single crop is raised by a single farmer; ''aid scheme'' means the aid scheme provided for in EC Regulation 1535/03; ''commercial partnership'' means any commercial partnership registered under the Companies Act;

''competent authority'' means the Department of Agriculture within the Ministry responsible for agriculture or any other equivalent body appointed by the Minister; ''contract'' means a contract as defined under regulation 7;

''co-operative'' means a co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act;

''Director'' means the Director of the Department of Agriculture; ''finished product'' means the list of products under the heading of finished products in Schedule I to these regulations; ''individual producer'' means any natural or legal person not forming part of a producer organisation and growing tomatoes on their holding intended for processing and to be registered within the IACS System; farmers who are members of existing co-operatives growing tomatoes on their holdings intended for processing and which are registered with the IACS System and which have not yet been recognised as producer organisations shall also be considered as individual producers; ''Integrated Administration Control System'' or ''IACS System'' or ''IACS'' means the Integrated Administration Control System within the Ministry responsible for agriculture;

''Member State'' means any Member State of the European Union;

''Minister'' means the Minister responsible for agriculture; ''parcel identification system'' means the reference data and agricultural parcel provided for in the land parcel identification system and adopted by the payment agency within the IACS System; ''Permanent Secretary'' means the Permanent Secretary within the Ministry responsible for agriculture; ''processor'' means any natural or legal person operating, for commercial purposes and on their own responsibility, one or more plants with facilities for manufacturing one or more of the products listed in the First Schedule having obtained approval in accordance with these regulations; ''producer'' means either the individual producer or the producer organisation; ''producer organisation'' means an organisation being a voluntary, legally constituted body of producers, producing tomatoes, peaches, pears, prunes and, or dried figs or of persons engaged in the agricultural production thereof acting together to produce, store, package and, or market their produce and who have been duly recognised and met the requirements of accreditation; such recognition and accreditation requirements of the producer organisations shall be laid down by the Minister; ''product'' means the list of products in the First Schedule;

''quantity'' means the quantity expressed as net weight in kilograms unless otherwise indicated;

''raw material'' means tomatoes, peaches, pears, prunes and, or dried figs.