- Annex VI to MARPOL
means the annex, entitled ‘Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships’, which the Protocol of 1997 added to MARPOL;
- combustion plant
means any technical apparatus in which fuels are oxidised in order to use the heat generated.
- emission abatement method
means any fitting, material, appliance or apparatus to be fitted in a ship or other procedure, alternative fuel, or compliance method, used as an alternative to low sulphur marine fuel meeting the requirements set out in this Directive, that is verifiable, quantifiable and enforceable;
- gas oil
means: Diesel fuels as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council are excluded from this definition.
- heavy fuel oil
means:
- marine diesel oil
means any marine fuel as defined for DMB grade in Table I of ISO 8217 with the exception of the reference to the sulphur content;
- marine fuel
means any petroleum-derived liquid fuel intended for use or in use on board a vessel, including those fuels defined in ISO 8217.
- marine gas oil
means any marine fuel as defined for DMX, DMA and DMZ grades in Table I of ISO 8217 with the exception of the reference to the sulphur content;
- MARPOL
means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto;
- outermost regions
means the French overseas departments, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, as set out in Article 349 TFEU;
- passenger ships
means ships that carry more than 12 passengers, where a passenger is every person other than:
- placing on the market
means supplying or making available to third persons, against payment or free of charge, anywhere within Member States' jurisdictions, marine fuels for on-board combustion.
- regular services
means a series of passenger ship 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:
- ships at berth
means ships which are securely moored or anchored in a Union port while they are loading, unloading or hotelling, including the time spent when not engaged in cargo operations;
- warship
means a ship belonging to the armed forces of a State, bearing the external marks distinguishing such ships of its nationality, under the command of an officer duly commissioned by the government of the State and whose name appears in the appropriate service list or its equivalent, and manned by a crew which is under regular armed forces discipline;