For the purposes of this Regulation, in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 338/97, the following definitions shall apply:
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‘date of acquisition’ means the date on which a specimen was taken from the wild, born in captivity or artificially propagated;
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‘second-generation offspring (F2)’ and ‘subsequent generation offspring (F3, F4, and so on)’ means specimens produced in a controlled environment from parents that were also produced in a controlled environment, as distinct from specimens produced in a controlled environment from parents at least one of which was conceived in or taken from the wild (first-generation offspring (F1));
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‘breeding stock’ means all the animals in a breeding operation that are used for reproduction;
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‘controlled environment’ means an environment that is manipulated for the purpose of producing animals of a particular species, that has boundaries designed to prevent animals, eggs or gametes of the species from entering or leaving, and the general characteristics of which may include but are not limited to artificial housing, waste removal, health care, protection from predators and the artificial supply of food;
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‘a person normally residing in the Community’ means a person who lives in the Community for at least 185 days in each calendar year because of occupational ties, or, in the case of a person with no occupational ties, because of personal ties which show close links between that person and the place where he is living;
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‘travelling exhibition’ means a sample collection, travelling circus, menagerie, or plant exhibition that is used for commercial display for the public;
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‘transaction-specific certificates’ means certificates issued in accordance with Article 48 that are valid for specified transactions only within the territory of the issuing Member State;
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‘specimen-specific certificates’ means certificates issued in accordance with Article 48, other than transaction-specific certificates.