Directive 2009/45/EC

means a ship which carries more than 12 passengers;

means the competent authorities of the State whose flag the ship or craft is entitled to fly;

means the age of the ship, expressed in terms of the number of years after the date of its delivery;

means the bow height defined in Regulation 39 of the 1966 International Convention on Load Lines;

means a voyage in sea areas from a port of a Member State to the same or another port within that Member State;

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;

means a ship which is not a new ship;

means the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System as laid down in Chapter IV of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended;

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;

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:

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;

means the following conventions, including their Protocols and amendments thereto, in their up-to-date versions:

means a voyage by sea from a port of a Member State to a port outside that Member State, or conversely;

means a ship the keel of which was laid or which was at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 July 1998;

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;

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;

means every person other than:

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;

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;

means a vessel not engaged in trade, regardless of the means of propulsion;

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;

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;

means an organisation recognised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means any of the following:

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;

means a ship propelled by sails, even if fitted with mechanical propulsion for auxiliary and emergency purposes;

means any sea area or sea route established pursuant to Article 4;

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;

means the average height of the highest third of wave heights observed over a given period;

means the stage at which:

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;

means a ship-carried boat used for transferring more than 12 passengers from a stationary passenger ship to shore and back;

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;