Article 1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1. “plant protection products”: active substances and preparations containing one or more active substances, put up in the form in which they are supplied to the user, intended to:
(a)protect plants or plant products against all harmful organisms or prevent the action of such organisms, in so far as such substances or preparations are not otherwise defined below;
(b)influence the life processes of plants, other than as a nutrient (e.g. plant growth regulators);
(c)preserve plant products, in so far as such substances or products are not subject to special Council or Commission provisions on preservatives;
(d)destroy undesirable plants; or
(e)destroy parts of plants, check or prevent undesirable growth of plants;
2. “substances”: chemical elements and their compounds, as they occur naturally or by manufacture, including any impurity inevitably resulting from the manufacturing process;
3. “active substances”: substances or micro-organisms including viruses, having general or specific action:
(a)against harmful organisms; or
(b)on plants, parts of plants or plant products;
4. “preparations”: mixtures or solutions composed of two more substances, of which at least one is an active substance, intended for use as plant protection products;
5. “plants”: live plants and live parts of plants, including fresh fruit and seeds;
6. “plant products”: products in the unprocessed state or having undergone only simple preparation such as milling, drying or pressing, derived from plants, but excluding plants themselves as defined in point 5;
7. “harmful organisms”: pests of plants or plant products belonging to the animal or plant kingdom, and also viruses, bacteria and mycoplasmas and other pathogens;
8. “product”: the active substance as defined in point 3 or combination of active substances of a plant protection product;
9. “basic patent”: a patent which protects a product as defined in point 8 as such, a preparation as defined in point 4, a process to obtain a product or an application of a product, and which is designated by its holder for the purpose of the procedure for grant of a certificate;
10. “certificate”: the supplementary protection certificate.