{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-21/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-21/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/21",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on compliance with flag State requirements (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-21",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) ‘ship’ means a ship or craft flying the flag of a Member State falling within the scope of the relevant IMO Conventions, and for which a certificate is required;\n(b) ‘administration’ means the competent authorities of the Member State whose flag the ship is flying;\n(c) ‘recognised organisation’ means an organisation recognised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (recast);\n(d) ‘certificates’ means statutory certificates issued in respect of the relevant IMO Conventions;\n(e) ‘IMO audit’ means an audit conducted in accordance with the provisions of Resolution A.974(24) adopted by the IMO Assembly on 1 December 2005.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See page 11 of this Official Journal."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/21/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:14.955743+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}