Article 3

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: ‘disabled person’ or ‘person with reduced mobility’ means any person whose mobility when using transport is reduced as a result of any physical disability (sensory or locomotor, permanent or temporary), intellectual disability or impairment, or any other cause of disability, or as a result of age, and whose situation needs appropriate attention and adaptation to his particular needs of the service made available to all passengers; ‘territory of a Member State’ means a territory to which the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies as referred to in Article 355 thereof, under the conditions set out therein; ‘access conditions’ means relevant standards, guidelines and information on the accessibility of port terminals and ships including their facilities for disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility; ‘carrier’ means a natural or legal person, other than a tour operator, travel agent or ticket vendor, offering transport by passenger services or cruises to the general public; ‘Union carrier’ means a carrier established within the territory of a Member State or offering transport by passenger services operated to or from the territory of a Member State; ‘passenger service’ means a commercial passenger transport service by sea or inland waterways operated according to a published timetable; ‘integrated services’ means interconnected transport services within a determined geographical area with a single information service, ticketing scheme and timetable; ‘performing carrier’ means a person, other than the carrier, who actually performs the carriage wholly or partially; ‘inland waterway’ means a natural or artificial navigable inland body of water, or system of interconnected bodies of water, used for transport, such as lakes, rivers or canals or any combination of these; ‘port’ means a place or a geographical area made up of such improvement works and facilities as to permit the reception of ships from which passengers regularly embark or disembark; ‘port terminal’ means a terminal, staffed by a carrier or a terminal operator, in a port with facilities, such as check-in, ticket counters or lounges, and staff for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers travelling on passenger services or on a cruise; ‘ship’ means a vessel used for navigation at sea or on inland waterways; ‘transport contract’ means a contract of carriage between a carrier and a passenger for the provision of one or more passenger services or cruises; ‘ticket’ means a valid document or other evidence of a transport contract; ‘ticket vendor’ means any retailer concluding transport contracts on behalf of a carrier; ‘travel agent’ means any retailer acting on behalf of a passenger or a tour operator for the conclusion of transport contracts; ‘tour operator’ means an organiser or retailer, other than a carrier, within the meaning of Article 2(2) and (3) of Directive 90/314/EEC; ‘reservation’ means a booking of a specific departure of a passenger service or a cruise; ‘terminal operator’ means a private or public body in the territory of a Member State responsible for the administration and management of a port terminal; ‘cruise’ means a transport service by sea or inland waterway, operated exclusively for the purpose of pleasure or recreation, supplemented by accommodation and other facilities, exceeding two overnight stays on board; ‘shipping incident’ means shipwreck, capsizing, collision or stranding of the ship, explosion or fire in the ship, or defect in the ship.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.