Regulation (EC) No 336/2006

means the government of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.

means the day and month of each year that corresponds to the date of expiry of the relevant document or certificate.

means a ship, including a high-speed craft, which is not a passenger ship;

means the owner of the ship or any other organisation or person, such as the manager or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed responsibility for the operation of the ship from the shipowner and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the ISM Code;

means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 as amended.

means a document issued to a company which complies with the requirements of this Code.

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

means the gross tonnage of a ship determined in accordance with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 or, in the case of ships engaged exclusively on domestic voyages and not measured in accordance with the said Convention, the gross tonnage of the ship determined in accordance with national tonnage measurement regulations.

means a high-speed craft as defined in Regulation X-1/2 of SOLAS, in its up-to-date version.

means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention as adopted by the Assembly, as may be amended by the organisation.

means a voyage by sea from a port of a Member State or any other State to a port outside that State, or vice versa;

means an identifiable deviation that poses a serious threat to the safety of personnel or the ship or a serious risk to the environment that requires immediate corrective action and includes the lack of effective and systematic implementation of a requirement of this Code.

means a vessel capable of engaging in drilling operations for the exploration for or exploitation of resources beneath the seabed such as liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, sulphur or salt;

means an observed situation where objective evidence indicates the non-fulfilment of a specified requirement.

means quantitative or qualitative information, records or statements of fact pertaining to safety or to the existence and implementation of a safety management system element, which is based on observation, measurement or test and which can be verified.

means a statement of fact made during a safety management audit and substantiated by objective evidence.

means every person other than:

means a ship, including a high-speed craft, carrying more than 12 passengers, or a passenger submersible craft;

means a passenger-carrying mobile vessel which primarily operates under water and relies on surface support, such as a surface ship or shore-based facilities, for monitoring and for one or more of the following:

means a body recognised in accordance with Directive 94/57/EC;

means a series of ship crossings operated so as to serve traffic between the same two or more points, either:

means a seagoing passenger vessel as defined in Chapter II-1 of SOLAS, in its up-to-date version;

means a document issued to a ship which signifies that the company and its shipboard management operate in accordance with the approved safety management system.

means a structured and documented system enabling company personnel to implement effectively the company safety and environmental protection policy.

means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention adopted by the International Maritime Organisation by Assembly Resolution A.741(18) of 4 November 1993, as amended by Maritime Safety Committee Resolution MSC.104(73) of 5 December 2000 and set out in Annex I to this Regulation, in its up-to-date version;