Regulation (EC) No 392/2009

means luggage which the passenger has in his cabin or is otherwise in his possession, custody or control.

means a person by or on behalf of whom a contract of carriage has been concluded, whether the carriage is actually performed by that person or by a performing carrier;

means the performing carrier, or, in so far as the carrier actually performs the carriage, the carrier;

means a contract made by or on behalf of a carrier for the carriage by sea of a passenger or of a passenger and his luggage, as the case may be;

means any malfunction, failure or non-compliance with applicable safety regulations in respect of any part of the ship or its equipment when used for the escape, evacuation, embarkation and disembarkation of passengers, or when used for the propulsion, steering, safe navigation, mooring, anchoring, arriving at or leaving berth or anchorage, or damage control after flooding;

includes the fault or neglect of the servants of the carrier, acting within the scope of their employment;

means any carriage in which, according to the contract of carriage, the place of departure and the place of destination are situated in two different States, or in a single State if, according to the contract of carriage or the scheduled itinerary, there is an intermediate port of call in another State;

includes pecuniary loss resulting from the luggage not having been re-delivered to the passenger within a reasonable time after the arrival of the ship on which the luggage has been or should have been carried, but does not include delays resulting from labour disputes;

means any article or vehicle carried by the carrier under a contract of carriage, excluding:

means the International Maritime Organisation;

means any person carried in a ship:

means a person other than the carrier, being the owner, charterer or operator of a ship, who actually performs the whole or a part of the carriage;

means the Secretary-General of the Organisation.

means only a seagoing vessel, excluding an air-cushion vehicle;

means shipwreck, capsizing, collision or stranding of the ship, explosion or fire in the ship, or defect in the ship;