Ingangsdatum: 02-11-1998
Geldig tot en met: 22-11-2003
For the purpose of this Directive:
(a) 'operators' includes the owners, charterers, managers
or agents of the vessel;
(b) 'vessel'
means any cargo vessel, oil, chemical or gas tanker or passenger vessel bound
for or leaving a Community port and carrying dangerous or polluting goods in
bulk or in packaged form;
(c)
'dangerous goods' means goods classified in the IMDG Code, including radioactive
materials as referred to in the INF Code, in Chapter 17 of the IBC Code and in
Chapter 19 of the IGC Code;
(d)
'polluting goods' means:
- oils as defined
in Marpol Annex 1,
- noxious liquid
substances as defined in Marpol Annex 2,
-
harmful substances as defined in Marpol Annex 3;
(e) 'Marpol' means the International Convention for the
prevention of pollution from ships, 1973 and its 1978 Protocol, in force on 1
January 1998;
(f) 'IMDG Code' means
the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, in force on 1 January 1997;
(g) 'IBC Code' means the IMO
International Code for construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous
chemicals in bulk, in force on 10 July 1998;
(h) 'IGC Code' means the IMO International Code for the construction
and equipment of ships carrying liquefied gases in bulk, in force on 1 July
1998;
(i) "INF Code" means the IMO
code for the safe carriage of irradiated nuclear fuel, plutonium and high-level
radioactive wastes in flasks on board ships, as it is in force on 1 January
1998;
(j) "IMO Resolution A.851(20)"
means the International Maritime Organisation Resolution 851(20) adopted by the
Assembly at its 20th session on 27 November 1997 and entitled "General
principles for ship reporting systems and ship reporting requirements, including
guidelines for reporting incidents involving dangerous goods, harmful substances
and/or marine pollutants";
(k)
'competent authorities' are the authorities and organizations designated by
Member States in accordance with Article 3;
(l) 'shipper' means any person by whom or in whose name or on whose
behalf a contract of carriage of goods by sea has been concluded with a carrier.