Article 1 Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

1. (a)

   vessel: any vessel flying the flag of a Member State or registered under the plenary jurisdiction of a Member State, seagoing or estuary-fishing, publicly or privately owned, excluding:

   • inland navigation vessels,

   • warships,

   • pleasure boats used for non-commercial purposes and not manned by professional crews,

   • tugs operating in harbour areas.

   Vessels shall be classed in three categories in accordance with Annex I;

2. (b)

   worker: any person carrying out an occupation on board a vessel, including trainees and apprentices, but excluding port pilots and shore personnel carrying out work on board a vessel at the quayside;

3. (c)

   Owner: the registered owner of a vessel unless that vessel has been chartered by demise or is managed, either wholly or in part, by a natural or legal person other than the registered owner under the terms of a management agreement; in that case the owner shall be construed as the demise charterer or natural or legal person managing the vessel as appropriate;

4. (d)

   medical supplies: medicines, medical equipment and antidotes, a non-exhaustive list of which is given in Annex II;

5. (e)

   antidote: a substance used to prevent or treat a harmful effect or effects, direct or indirect, of one or more substances included on the list of dangerous substances in Annex III.