29.6.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 165/109
Article 2 Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1)
‘consignment’ means a quantity of goods covered by the same official certificate, official attestation or any other document, conveyed by the same means of transport, and, in respect of retail goods, dispatched by the same listed establishment in parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland, and delivered to the same listed establishment in Northern Ireland, and, with respect to plants for planting, including seed potatoes, and machinery and vehicles operated for agricultural or forestry purposes, dispatched by professional operators in parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland and received by a professional operator in Northern Ireland;
(2)
‘retail goods’ means the following goods that are delivered at distribution terminals, including terminals distributing retail goods under controlled temperatures, supermarket distribution centres, wholesale outlets and points of sale, or that are delivered directly to the final consumer, including by catering operators, at factory canteens, by institutional catering, by restaurants and by other similar food service operators and shops: (a) products of animal or plant origin; (b) plants other than plants intended for planting, as listed in an implementing act adopted in accordance with Article 72(1), Article 73 and Article 74(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; (c) composite products; (d) food other than that referred to in points (a), (b) and (c); (e) food contact materials; (f) ready-to-sell pet food and dog chews falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;
(3)
‘placing on the market’ means the holding by an operator of goods referred to in Article 1(1), points (a) and (b), of this Regulation for the purpose of sale, including offering for sale or any other form of transfer, whether free of charge or not, and the sale, distribution, and other forms of transfer of those goods;
(4)
‘final consumer’ means the ultimate consumer of a retail good who will not use it as part of any business operation or activity;
(5)
‘rest-of-the-world retail goods’ means retail goods that consist of commodities originating in third countries other than the United Kingdom and imported into parts of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland;
(6)
‘products of animal origin’ means retail goods intended for human consumption consisting of the following: (a) food of animal origin, including honey and blood; (b) live bivalve molluscs, live echinoderms, live tunicates and live marine gastropods intended for human consumption; (c) other animals destined to be prepared with a view to being supplied live to the final consumer;
(7)
‘products of plant origin’ means retail goods intended for human consumption consisting of plants and products thereof, including processed material;