- a passenger ship
means a ship which carries more than 12 passengers;
- Administration of the flag State
means the competent authorities of the State whose flag the ship or craft is entitled to fly;
- age
means the age of the ship, expressed in terms of the number of years after the date of its delivery;
- bow height
means the bow height defined in Regulation 39 of the 1966 International Convention on Load Lines;
- domestic voyage
means a voyage in sea areas from a port of a Member State to the same or another port within that Member State;
- equivalent material
means aluminium alloy or any other non-combustible material which, by itself or due to the insulation provided, maintains structural and integrity properties equivalent to steel at the end of the applicable exposure to the standard fire test;
- existing ship
means a ship which is not a new ship;
- GMDSS
means the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System as laid down in Chapter IV of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended;
- High Speed Craft Code
means the ‘International Code for Safety of High Speed Craft’ contained in IMO Resolution MSC 36 (63) of 20 May 1994, or the International Code for Safety of High-Speed Craft, 2000 (2000 HSC Code), contained in IMO Resolution MSC.97(73) of December 2000, in their up-to-date versions;
- high-speed passenger craft
means a high-speed craft as defined in Regulation X/1 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended, which carries more than 12 passengers, with the exception of passenger ships engaged on domestic voyages in sea areas of Class B, C or D when:
- Intact Stability Code
means the ‘Code on Intact Stability for all types of ships covered by IMO Instruments’ contained in IMO Assembly Resolution A.749(18) of 4 November 1993, or the ‘International Code on Intact Stability, 2008’ contained in IMO Resolution MSC.267(85) of 4 December 2008, in their up-to-date versions;
- International Conventions
means the following conventions, including their Protocols and amendments thereto, in their up-to-date versions:
- international voyage
means a voyage by sea from a port of a Member State to a port outside that Member State, or conversely;
- new ship
means a ship the keel of which was laid or which was at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 July 1998;
- offshore service craft
means a craft used to transport and accommodate industrial personnel who do not conduct work on board that is essential to the business of the craft;
- offshore service ship
means a ship used to transport and accommodate industrial personnel who do not conduct work on board that is essential to the business of the ship;
- passenger
means every person other than:
- persons with reduced mobility
means persons who have a particular difficulty when using public transport, including elderly persons, persons with disabilities, persons with sensory impairments and wheelchair users, pregnant women and persons accompanying small children;
- place of refuge
means any naturally or artificially sheltered area which may be used as a shelter by a ship or craft under conditions likely to endanger its safety;
- pleasure yacht or pleasure craft
means a vessel not engaged in trade, regardless of the means of propulsion;
- port area
means an area other than a sea area established pursuant to Article 4, defined by the Member State with jurisdiction over it, extending to the outermost permanent harbour works forming an integral part of the harbour system, or to the limits defined by natural geographical features protecting an estuary or similar sheltered area;
- port State
means a Member State to or from whose port or ports a ship or craft flying a flag other than the flag of that Member State is carrying out domestic voyages;
- recognised organisation
means an organisation recognised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- repairs, alterations and modifications of a major character
means any of the following:
- ro-ro passenger ship
means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers, having ro-ro cargo spaces or special category spaces, as defined in Regulation II-2/A/2 contained in Annex I;
- sailing ship
means a ship propelled by sails, even if fitted with mechanical propulsion for auxiliary and emergency purposes;
- sea area
means any sea area or sea route established pursuant to Article 4;
- ship with a full deck
means a ship that is provided with a complete deck, exposed to weather and sea, which has permanent means of closing all openings in the weatherpart thereof and below which all openings in the sides of the ship are fitted with permanent means of at least weathertight closing;
- significant wave height
means the average height of the highest third of wave heights observed over a given period;
- similar stage of construction
means the stage at which:
- standard fire test
means a test in which specimens of the relevant bulkheads or decks are exposed in a test furnace to temperatures corresponding approximately to the standard time-temperature curve in accordance with the test method specified in the 2010 International Code for Application of Fire Test Procedures, contained in IMO Resolution MSC.307(88) of 3 December 2010, in its up-to-date version;
- tender
means a ship-carried boat used for transferring more than 12 passengers from a stationary passenger ship to shore and back;
- traditional ship
means any kind of historical passenger ship designed before 1965 and their replicas built predominantly with the original materials, including those designed to encourage and promote traditional skills and seamanship, that together serve as living cultural monuments, operated according to traditional principles of seamanship and technique;