Defined terms — Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation)
European Union · 32009R1069 · 1336 provisions
24 defined in this instrument, 5 borrowed from other acts.
animal — any invertebrate or vertebrate animal 5.
animal by-products — entire bodies or parts of animals, products of animal origin or other products obtained from animals, which are not intended for human consumption, including oocytes, embryos and semen 1.
aquatic animals — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own 9.
authorised landfill — a landfill for which a permit has been issued in accordance with Directive 1999/31/EC 21.
carcase — carcase as defined in point 1.9 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 4.
centrifuge or separator sludge — material collected as a by-product after purification of raw milk and separation of skimmed milk and cream from raw milk 26.
competent authority — the central authority of a Member State competent to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Regulation or any authority to which that competence has been delegated; it also includes, where appropriate, the corresponding authority of a third country 10.
derived products — products obtained from one or more treatments, transformations or steps of processing of animal by-products 2.
export — movement from the Community to a third country 16.
farmed animal — any animal that is kept, fattened or bred by humans and used for the production of food, wool, fur, feathers, hides and skins or any other product obtained from animals or for other farming purposes;
equidae 6.
feed — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own 25.
feedingstuff — feed or feedingstuff as defined in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 25.
food — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own 24.
foodstuff — food or foodstuff as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 24.
manure — any excrement and/or urine of farmed animals other than farmed fish, with or without litter 20.
operator — the natural or legal persons having an animal by-product or derived product under their actual control, including carriers, traders and users 11.
pet animal — any animal belonging to species normally nourished and kept but not consumed, by humans for purposes other than farming 8.
placing on the market — any operation the purpose of which is to sell animal by-products or derived products to a third party in the Community or any other form of supply against payment or free of charge to such a third party or storage with a view to supply to such a third party 14.
plant — any place where any operation involving the handling of animal by-products or derived products is carried out, other than a fishing vessel 13.
pressure sterilisation — the processing of animal by-products, after reduction in particle size to not more than 50 mm, to a core temperature of more than 133 °C for at least 20 minutes without interruption at an absolute pressure of at least 3 bar 19.
products of animal origin — products of animal origin as defined in point 8.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 3.
remote area — an area where the animal population is so small, and where disposal establishments or plants are so far away that the arrangements necessary for the collection and transport of animal by-products would be unacceptably onerous compared to local disposal 23.
soil improver — materials of animal origin used to maintain or improve plant nutrition and the physical and chemical properties and biological activities of soils, either separately or together; they may include manure, non-mineralised guano, digestive tract content, compost and digestion residues 22.
specified risk material — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own 18.
transit — movement through the Community from the territory of a third country to the territory of another third country, other than by sea or by air 15.
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own 17.
user — the natural or legal persons using animal by-products and derived products for special feeding purposes, for research or for other specific purposes 12.
waste — waste as defined in point 1 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC 27.
wild animal — any animal not kept by humans 7.