PART 1U.K.Introduction

InterpretationU.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“animal” means an animal of any kind, including a bird, fish or invertebrate;

“enforcement authority” has the meaning given in regulation 31;

“genetic material” means hatching eggs and animal semen, ova or embryos;

“product” means a product listed in Annex I to Commission Decision 2007/275/EC (concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC(1)) and, in addition, hay and straw.

(2) All references in Schedule 1 to European Union instruments are references to those instruments as amended from time to time.

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OJ No. L 116, 4.5.2007, p. 9.