administration of the flag Statemeans the competent authorities of the State whose flag the ro-ro passenger ship or the high-speed passenger craft is entitled to fly;
companymeans the organisation or person who has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Management Code for Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (the ISM Code) in its up-to- date version or, in cases where Chapter IX of SOLAS 74 does not apply, the owner of the ro-ro passenger ship or the high-speed passenger craft or any other organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ro-ro passenger ship or the high-speed passenger craft from its owner;
competent authority of the Member Statemeans the authority appointed by the Member State under this Directive and responsible for carrying out the tasks assigned to it by this Directive.
domestic voyagemeans a voyage in sea areas from a port of a Member State to the same or another port within that Member State;
High Speed Craft Codemeans the ‘International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft’ contained in IMO Maritime Safety Committee Resolution MSC.36(63) of 20 May 1994 or the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000 (2000 HSC Code), contained in IMO Resolution MSC.97(73) of December 2000, in its up-to-date version;
high-speed passenger craftmeans a craft as defined in Regulation 1 of Chapter X of SOLAS 74, and carrying more than 12 passengers;
HSSCmeans the IMO Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification, in its up-to-date version;
inspectormeans a public-sector employee or other person, duly authorised by the competent authority of a Member State to carry out the inspections provided for in this Directive, who is responsible to that competent authority and who fulfills the minimum criteria specified in Annex XI to Directive 2009/16/EC;
regular servicemeans 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:
ro-ro passenger shipmeans a ship with facilities to enable road or rail vehicles to roll on and roll off the vessel, and carrying more than 12 passengers;
sea areameans any sea area or sea route established pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2009/45/EC;