dangerous goods — goods classified in the IMDG Code, in Chapter 17 of the IBC Code and in Chapter 19 of the IGC Code (c)

IBC Code — the IMO International Code for construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous chemicals in bulk, as it is in force at the time of adoption of this Directive (g)

IGC Code — the IMO International Code for the construction and equipment of ships carrying liquefied gases in bulk, as it is in force at the time of adoption of this Directive (h)

IMDG Code — the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, as it is in force at the time of adoption of this Directive (f)

IMO Resolution A 648 (16) — the International Maritime Organization Resolution 648 (16) adopted by the Assembly at its sixteenth session on 19 October 1989 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', as it is in force at the time of adoption of this Directive (i)

Marpol — the International Convention for the prevention of pollution from ships, 1973 and its 1978 Protocol, as it is in force at the time of adoption of this Directive (e)

polluting goods — oils as defined in Marpol Annex 1, noxious liquid substances as defined in Marpol Annex 2, harmful substances as defined in Marpol Annex 3 (d)

shipper — 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 (k)

vessel — 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 (b)