S.L. 433.13 Art. 3Interpretation.

For the purpose of these regulations, the following definitions shall apply -

"the Act" means the Plant Quarantine Act;

"breeder" means the person who bred, discovered and developed a variety, or his successor in title;

"the Director" means the Director responsible for the Directorate; "the Directorate" means the Directorate or Department responsible for plant health; "laboratory" refers to a public or private law entity carrying out analysis and proper diagnosis, enabling the producer to monitor production quality;

"lot" is a number of units of a single commodity, identifiable by its homogeneity of composition and origin; "marketing" refers to the holding available or in stock, displaying or offering for sale, selling and, or delivering to another person, in whatever form, propagation or planting material; "official inspection" is an inspection carried out by the responsible official body; "official measures" are measures taken by the responsible official body; "official statement" is a statement issued by or under the responsibility of the responsible official body; "planting material" refers to whole plants and parts of plants including the grafted components (in the case of grafted plants), intended for planting for the production of vegetables;

"propagation material" refers to parts of plants and all plant material, including rootstocks, intended for the propagation and production of vegetables; "regulated non-quarantine pests", hereafter referred to as "RNQPs", means a pest that fulfils all the conditions set out under Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and is included in the list of Union regulated non-quarantine pests under Annex IV of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation

(EU) 2016/2031 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/ 2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/ 2019;

"responsible official body" is the Directorate; "supplier" means any natural or legal person carrying out professionally at least one of the following activities with regards to vegetable propagation and planting material, namely reproducing, producing, preserving and, or treating such material and the marketing thereof.