Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008Show full title

Article 2 Definitions

In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, the following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation:

(a)

‘non-organic’: means not coming from or not related to a production in accordance to Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and this Regulation;

(b)

‘veterinary medicinal products’: means products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) concerning the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products

(c)

‘importer’: means the natural or legal person within the community who presents a consignment for release for free circulation into the Community, either in person, or through a representative;

(d)

‘first consignee’ means the natural or legal person to whom the imported consignment is delivered and who will receive it for further preparation and/or marketing;

(e)

‘holding’ means all the production units operated under a single management for the purpose of producing agricultural products;

(f)

‘production unit’ meaning all assets to be used for a production sector such as production premises, land parcels, pasturages, open air areas, livestock buildings, the premises for the storage of crops, crop products, livestock products, raw materials and any other input relevant for this specific production sector;

(g)

‘hydroponic production’ means the method of growing plants with their roots in a mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel or mineral wool to which a nutrient solution is added;

(h)

‘veterinary treatment’ means all courses of a curative or preventive treatment against one occurrence of a specific disease;

(i)

‘in-conversion feedingstuffs’ means feedingstuffs produced during the conversion period to organic production, with the exclusion of those harvested in the 12 months following the beginning of the conversion as referred to in Article 17(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.

(1)

OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 1.