animal — any animal of the Suidae family, excluding feral pigs as defined in Article 2(b) of Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5. Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/729/EC (OJ L 294, 13.11.2007, p. 26). (a)

competent authority — the central authority of a Member State competent to carry out veterinary checks or any authority to which it has delegated that competence for the purposes of implementing this Directive (d)

holding — any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place in which animals are held, kept or handled (b)

keeper — any natural or legal person responsible, even on a temporary basis, for animals (c)

trade — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (e)