administration of the flag Stateshall mean the competent authorities of the State whose flag the bulk carrier is entitled to fly;
cargo informationshall mean the cargo information required by Regulation VI/2 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention;
competent authorityshall mean a national, regional or local public authority in the Member State empowered by national legislation to implement and enforce the requirements of this Directive;
international conventionsshall mean the conventions in force on 4 December 2001, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Directive 95/21/EC;
loading or unloading planshall mean a plan as referred to in Regulation VI/7.3 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention and having the format as contained in Appendix 2 of the BLU Code;
mastershall mean the person who has command over a bulk carrier or a ship's officer designated by the master for the loading or unloading operations;
port State control authorityshall mean the competent authority of a Member State empowered to apply the control provisions of Directive 95/21/EC;
recognised organisationshall mean an organisation recognised in accordance with Article 4 of Council Directive 94/57/EC;
ship/shore safety checklistshall mean the checklist as referred to in section 4 of the BLU Code and having the format as contained in Appendix 3 of the BLU Code;
solid bulk cargoshall mean solid bulk cargo as defined in Regulation XII/1.4 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, excluding grain;
solid bulk cargo density declarationshall mean the information on the density of the cargo to be provided in compliance with Regulation XII/10 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention.
terminalshall mean any fixed, floating or mobile facility equipped and used for the loading or unloading of dry cargo in bulk into or from bulk carriers;
terminal operatorshall mean the owner of a terminal, or any organisation or person to whom the owner has transferred the responsibility for loading or unloading operations conducted at the terminal for a particular bulk carrier;
terminal representativeshall mean any person appointed by the terminal operator, who has the overall responsibility for, and authority to, control the preparation, the conduct and the completion of loading or unloading operations conducted by the terminal for a particular bulk carrier;