- accreditation
means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- authorised representative
means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on its behalf in relation to specified tasks;
- conformity assessment
means the process carried out by the notified bodies, in accordance with Article 15, demonstrating whether marine equipment complies with the requirements laid down in this Directive;
- conformity assessment body
means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;
- distributor
means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes marine equipment available on the market;
- economic operators
means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor;
- importer
means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places marine equipment from a third country on the Union market;
- international conventions
means the following conventions, together with their protocols and codes of mandatory application, adopted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which have entered into force and which lay down specific requirements for the approval by the flag State of equipment to be placed on board ships:
- international instruments
means the international conventions, together with the resolutions and circulars of the IMO giving effect to those conventions in their up-to-date version, and the testing standards;
- making available on the market
means any supply of marine equipment on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
- manufacturer
means any natural or legal person who manufactures marine equipment or has marine equipment designed or manufactured, and markets that equipment under its name or trademark;
- marine equipment
means equipment falling within the scope of this Directive in accordance with Article 3;
- national accreditation body
means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- notified body
means an organisation designated by the competent national administration of a Member State in accordance with Article 17;
- placing on the market
means the first making available of marine equipment on the Union market;
- product
means an item of marine equipment.
- recall
means any measure aimed at achieving the return of marine equipment that has already been placed on board EU ships or purchased with the intention of being placed on board EU ships;
- testing standards
means the testing standards for marine equipment set by:
- wheel mark
means the symbol referred to in Article 9 and set out in Annex I or, as appropriate, the electronic tag referred to in Article 11;
- withdrawal
means any measure aimed at preventing marine equipment in the supply chain from being made available on the market;