Directive 2009/16/EC

means a document confirming compliance with SOLAS 74, Chapter II-1, Part A-1, Regulation 3-1.

means the owner of the ship or any other organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the owner of the ship and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Safety Management (ISM) Code.

means a maritime authority responsible for port State control in accordance with this Directive.

means any information or report submitted by any person or organisation with a legitimate interest in the safety of the ship, including an interest in safety or health hazards to its crew, on-board living and working conditions and the prevention of pollution.

means the following Conventions, with the Protocols and amendments thereto, and related codes of mandatory status, in their up-to-date version:

means the declaration referred to in Regulation 5.1.3 of MLC 2006.

means the formal prohibition for a ship to proceed to sea due to established deficiencies which, individually or together, make the ship unseaworthy.

means an inspection that includes at least the items listed in Annex VII and the elements of an initial inspection.

means IMO Assembly Resolution A.974(24).

means a craft as defined in Regulation 1 of Chapter X of SOLAS 74, and carrying more than 12 passengers.

means an inspection on board a ship by an inspector, including at least the checks required under Article 13(1).

means a verification of the condition of the ship, its equipment and its crew, based on the applicable Conventions and carried out by an inspector.

means the information system contributing to the implementation of the port State control system within the Community and concerning the data related to inspections carried out in the Community and the Paris MOU region.

means a public-sector employee or other person, duly authorised by the competent authority of a Member State to carry out port-State control inspections, and responsible to that competent authority.

means the certificate referred to in Regulation 5.1.3 of MLC 2006.

means an inspection that includes the elements of an initial inspection where the ship and its equipment and crew as a whole or, as appropriate, parts thereof, are subjected, in the circumstances specified in Article 13(3), to an in-depth examination covering the ship’s construction, equipment, manning, living and working conditions and compliance with on-board operational procedures.

means any period of not less than seven hours, as defined by national law, and which must include, in any case, the period between midnight and 5.00.

means the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, signed in Paris on 26 January 1982, in its up-to-date version.

means the geographical area in which the signatories to the Paris MOU conduct inspections in the context of the Paris MOU.

means a classification company or other private body, carrying out statutory tasks on behalf of a flag State administration.

means a decision issued to the master of a ship, to the company responsible for the ship and to the flag State notifying them that the ship will be refused access to all ports and anchorages of the Community.

means a series of ro-ro passenger ship or high-speed passenger craft crossings operated so as to serve traffic between the same two or more ports, or a series of voyages from and to the same port without intermediate calls, either:

means a ship with facilities to enable road or rail vehicles to roll on and roll off the vessel, and carrying more than 12 passengers.

means any seagoing vessel to which one or more of the Conventions apply, flying a flag other than that of the port State.

means a ship in a port or another area within the jurisdiction of a port, but not at berth, carrying out a ship/port interface.

means the interactions that occur when a ship is directly and immediately affected by actions involving the movement of persons or goods or the provision of port services to or from the ship.

means a certificate issued by or on behalf of a flag State in accordance with the applicable Conventions.

means a formal prohibition for a ship to continue an operation due to established deficiencies which, individually or together, would render the continued operation hazardous.