CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 5Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, as well as those referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/200910, in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council11, in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council12, and in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council13, shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:

  1. (a)

    'fishery products' mean aquatic organisms resulting from any fishing activity or products derived therefrom, as listed in Annex I;

  2. (b)

    'aquaculture products' mean aquatic organisms at any stage of their life cycle resulting from any aquaculture activity or products derived therefrom, as listed in Annex I;

  3. (c)

    'producer' means any natural or legal person using means of production to obtain fishery or aquaculture products with a view to placing them on the market;

  4. (d)

    'fishery and aquaculture sector' means the sector of the economy which comprises all activities of production, processing and marketing of fishery or aquaculture products;

  5. (e)

    'making available on the market' means any supply of a fishery or aquaculture product for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;

  6. (f)

    'placing on the market' means the first making available of a fishery or aquaculture product on the Union market;

  7. (g)

    'retail' means the handling and/or processing of food and its storage at the point of sale or delivery to the final consumer, including distribution terminals, catering operations, factory canteens, institutional catering, restaurants and other similar food service operations, shops, supermarket distribution centres and wholesale outlets;

  8. (h)

    'prepacked fishery and aquaculture products' mean fishery and aquaculture products which are 'prepacked food' as referred to in point (e) of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1169/2011.