S.L. 427.90 ст. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"actor" means any natural or legal person involved in a recognised agricultural value chain; "agricultural value chain" means a set of activities which collectively increase the commercial value of a basic product of the agricultural industry. An agricultural value chain may involve processing, packaging, storage, transport and distribution;

"control body" means an independent inspection body which may be a public authority, approved by the Minister to perform controls on operators in relation to the obligations related to the participation in the scheme; "Director" means the Director responsible for Agriculture and includes, to the extent of the authority given, any officer authorized by him, in writing, to act in that behalf for any of the purposes of these regulations; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for Agriculture;

"operator" means an actor belonging to a recognised agricultural value chain and who participates in the scheme and shall also mean a producer of approved traditional agro-food products in terms of the Establishment of the Register of Traditional Agro-food Products of Malta Regulations who participates in the scheme;

"product" means an agricultural and agro-food product of animal

*These Regulations have been transposed to Cap 639, see S.L. 639.04. - See Act XXXIII of 2023. and, or plant origin, the production of which consists of production and, or farming methods which are significantly higher than the minimum legal requirements with regards to public, animal or plant health, animal welfare or environmental protection and which final characteristics are also significantly higher than the minimum legal requirements; " ‘Products of Quality’ National Scheme" means a quality scheme recognised at the national level in terms of Article 16(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for Rural Development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005;

"quality mark" means a mark which identifies the products adhering to the ‘Products of Quality’ National Scheme;

"recognised agricultural value chain" means an agricultural value chain which is recognised by the Minister and published in the Gazette; "scheme" means the ‘Products of Quality’ National Scheme;

"superior quality" means a qualitative characteristic superior to the minimum standards established by the law in force, which can be objectively identified; "territory" means a territorial unit falling under the classification of a Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics 2 (NUTS 2) as established by Regulation (EC) 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS).