competent authority — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (m)

contact holding — a holding where African swine fever may have been introduced, whether as a result of the location, movement of persons, pigs or vehicles or in any other way (k)

diagnostic manual — the diagnostic manual referred to in Article 18(3) (d)

feral pig — a pig which is not kept or bred on a holding (b)

holding — any agricultural or other premises located in the territory of a Member State where pigs are being bred or kept on a permanent or temporary basis. This definition does not include slaughterhouses, means of transport and fenced areas where feral pigs are kept and may be hunted; these fenced areas must be of a size and structure that makes the measures laid down in Article 5(1) not applicable (c)

infected area — the area of a Member State where, following the confirmation of one or more cases of African swine fever in feral pigs, disease eradication measures are in place in accordance with Article 15 or 16 (i)

killing — the killing of pigs within the meaning of Article 2(6) of Directive 93/119/EEC(7) (p)

official veterinarian — the veterinarian designated by the competent authority of the Member State (n)

outbreak of African swine fever — the holding where one or more cases of African swine fever has or have been detected (g)

owner — any person or persons, either natural or legal, having ownership of the pigs, or charged with keeping the said animals, whether or not for financial reward (l)

pig — any animal of the Suidae family, including feral pigs (a)

pig infected with African swine fever — any pig or pig carcase: in which clinical symptoms or post mortem lesions of African swine fever have been officially confirmed, or in which the presence of the disease has been officially confirmed as the result of a laboratory examination carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual (f)

pig suspected of being infected with African swine fever virus — any pig or pig carcase exhibiting clinical symptoms or showing post mortem lesions or reactions to laboratory tests carried out in accordance with the diagnostic manual which indicate the possible presence of African swine fever (e)

primary case of African swine fever in feral pigs — any case of African swine fever which is detected in feral pigs in an area in which no measures are in place in accordance with Article 15 or 16 (j)

primary outbreak — the outbreak within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Council Directive 82/894/EEC of 21 December 1982 on the notification of animal diseases within the Community(4) (h)

processing — one of the treatments for high risk material laid down in Article 3 of Directive 90/667/EEC(6), applied in such a way as to avoid the risk of spread of the African swine fever virus (o)

slaughter — the slaughter of pigs within the meaning of Article 2(7) of Directive 93/119/EEC (q)

vector — a tick of the species Ornithodorus erraticus (r)