1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions concerning certain sectors as set out in Annex II shall apply.
2. The definitions set out in Section B of Part II of Annex II shall only apply until the end of the 2016/2017 marketing year for sugar.
3. The definitions set out in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 (20) of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (21) shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.
4. In order to take into account the specific characteristics of the rice sector, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 227 amending the definitions concerning the rice sector set out in Part I of Annex II to the extent necessary to update the definitions in the light of market developments.
5. For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a)
"less developed regions" means those regions defined as such in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (22).
(b)
"adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster" means weather conditions such as frost, hail, ice, rain or drought which destroy more than 30 % of the average annual production of a given farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period, excluding the highest and lowest entry.