(a) 'micro-organism' shall mean any microbiological entity, cellular or non-cellular, capable of replication or of transferring genetic material;

(b) 'genetically modified micro-organism' shall mean a micro-organism in which the genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination.

Within the terms of this definition:

(i) genetic modification occurs at least through the use of the techniques listed in Annex IA, Part 1;

(ii) the techniques listed in Annex IA, Part 2, are not considered to result in genetic modification;

(c) 'contained use' shall mean any operation in which micro-organisms are genetically modified or in which such genetically modified micro-organisms are cultured, stored, used, transported, destroyed or disposed of and for which physical barriers, or a combination of physical barriers together with chemical and/or biological barriers, are used to limit their contact with the general population and the environment;

(d) Type A operation shall mean any operation used for teaching, research, development, or non-industrial or non-commercial purposes and which is of a small scale (e.g. 10 litres culture volume or less);

(e) Type B operation shall mean any operation other than a Type A operation;

(f) 'accident' shall mean any incident involving a significant and unintended relases of genetically modified micro-organisms in the course of their contained use which could present an immediate or delayed hazard to human health or the environment;

(g) 'user' shall mean any natural or legal person responsible for the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms;

(h) 'notification' shall mean the presentation of documents containing the requisite information to the competent authorities of a Member State.