Classification certificate — a document confirming compliance with SOLAS 74, Chapter II-1, Part A-1, Regulation 3-1 21.

Company — the owner of the ship or any other organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the owner of the ship and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Safety Management (ISM) Code 18.

Competent authority — a maritime authority responsible for port State control in accordance with this Directive 9.

Complaint — any information or report submitted by any person or organisation with a legitimate interest in the safety of the ship, including an interest in safety or health hazards to its crew, on-board living and working conditions and the prevention of pollution 14.

Conventions — the following Conventions, with the Protocols and amendments thereto, and related codes of mandatory status, in their up-to-date version: the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (LL 66); the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74); the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, and the 1978 Protocol relating thereto (Marpol 73/78); the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW 78/95); the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (Colreg 72); the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 (ITC 69); the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (ILO No 147); the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 (CLC 92) 1.

Detention — the formal prohibition for a ship to proceed to sea due to established deficiencies which, individually or together, make the ship unseaworthy 15.

Expanded inspection — an inspection, which covers at least the items listed in Annex VII. An expanded inspection may include a more detailed inspection whenever there are clear grounds in accordance with Article 13(3) 13.

Framework and procedures for the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme — IMO Assembly Resolution A.974(24) 3.

Initial inspection — a visit on board a ship by an inspector, in order to check compliance with the relevant Conventions and regulations and including at least the checks required by Article 13(1) 11.

Inspection database — the information system contributing to the implementation of the port State control system within the Community and concerning the data related to inspections carried out in the Community and the Paris MOU region 22.

Inspector — a public-sector employee or other person, duly authorised by the competent authority of a Member State to carry out port-State control inspections, and responsible to that competent authority 8.

More detailed inspection — an inspection where the ship, its equipment and crew as a whole or, as appropriate, parts thereof are subjected, in the circumstances specified in Article 13(3), to an in-depth examination covering the ship’s construction, equipment, manning, living and working conditions and compliance with on-board operational procedures 12.

Night time — any period of not less than seven hours, as defined by national law, and which must include, in any case, the period between midnight and 5.00 10.

Paris MOU — the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, signed in Paris on 26 January 1982, in its up-to-date version 2.

Paris MOU region — the geographical area in which the signatories to the Paris MOU conduct inspections in the context of the Paris MOU 4.

Recognised Organisation — a classification company or other private body, carrying out statutory tasks on behalf of a flag State administration 19.

Refusal of access order — a decision issued to the master of a ship, to the company responsible for the ship and to the flag State notifying them that the ship will be refused access to all ports and anchorages of the Community 16.

SafeSeaNet — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 24

Ship — any seagoing vessel to which one or more of the Conventions apply, flying a flag other than that of the port State 5.

Ship at anchorage — a ship in a port or another area within the jurisdiction of a port, but not at berth, carrying out a ship/port interface 7.

Ship/port interface — the interactions that occur when a ship is directly and immediately affected by actions involving the movement of persons or goods or the provision of port services to or from the ship 6.

Statutory certificate — a certificate issued by or on behalf of a flag State in accordance with Conventions 20.

Stoppage of an operation — a formal prohibition for a ship to continue an operation due to established deficiencies which, individually or together, would render the continued operation hazardous 17.