Article 2U.K.
1.For the purposes of this Regulation, food-producing animals shall be grouped as follows:
(a)ruminants;
(b)monogastric mammals;
(c)poultry and ratites;
(d)fin fish;
(e)bees;
(f)crustaceans;
(g)molluscs.
2.For the purposes of this Regulation, animal species shall be considered to be ‘related’ or ‘more closely related’ to each other as follows:
(a)animal species belonging, according to paragraph 1, to the same group shall be considered to be ‘related’ species;
(b)within the ruminants group, ovine and caprine species shall be considered to be ‘more closely related’ to each other than to bovine species and bovine species shall be considered to be ‘more closely related’ to each other than to either ovine or caprine species;
(c)Equidae and rabbits shall be considered to be equally related to monogastric mammals and ruminants. However, ruminants shall not be considered to be related to either Equidae or rabbits.
3.For the purposes of this Regulation, different target tissues shall be equated as follows:
(a)the target tissue ‘skin and fat’ in porcine and poultry species shall be equated to the target tissue ‘fat’ in other animal species, and vice versa;
(b)the target tissue ‘skin and muscle’ in fin fish shall be equated to the target tissue ‘muscle’ in other animal species, and vice versa;
(c)the edible parts of crustaceans and molluscs shall be equated to the target tissue ‘muscle’ in other animal species.