# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1744 of 17 September 2019 on technical specifications for electronic ship reporting in inland navigation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 164/2010, Division 2.2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions shall apply.
Agent means any person mandated or authorised to act for or to supply information on behalf of the (transport) operator of the vessel.
Barge means a vessel that has no propulsion of its own.
Blue cones means signals that inland vessels carrying out transport operations involving dangerous substances are required to show pursuant to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN), namely one, two or three blue cones by day and one, two or three blue lights at night.
Carrier or transport operator means the person responsible for the carriage of goods, either directly or using a third party.
Cargo means any goods, wares, merchandise and articles carried on a ship. So ship carries cargo consisting of one or more consignments (with the necessary equipment) each consisting of one or more goods items.
Code means a character string used as an abbreviated means of (a) recording or identifying information (b) to represent or identify information using a specific symbolic form that can be recognised by a computer.
Common access reference means a common key to relate all subsequent transfers of data to the same business case or file (Data Element 0068 TDED). The common access reference shall be regarded as a common denominator linking through a unique number documents, electronic messages and other communications with the same objective and characteristics.
A consignment means a separate identifiable number of goods transported from one consignor (port of loading) to one consignee (port of discharge) and identified and specified in one single transport document. A container as equipment shall in this context be seen as a separate identifiable packing unit for which separate bookings are done and as such shall be considered a single consignment.
Consignee means the party such as mentioned in the transport document by whom the goods, cargo or containers are to be received.
Consignor means the merchant by whom, in whose name or on whose behalf a contract of carriage of goods has been concluded with a carrier or any party by whom, in whose name or on whose behalf the goods are actually delivered to the consignee in relation to the contract of carriage (Synonyms: shipper, cargo sender).
Container means an item of equipment for transport purposes with the following characteristics:
1.. a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use;
2.. specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods, by one or more modes and means of transport;
3.. fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly from one mode of transport to another;
4.. so designed as to be easy to fill and to empty.
The term container includes neither vehicles nor conventional packing.
Dangerous goods means the following categories, referred to in the relevant international instruments as defined in Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council:
goods classified in the UNDG Code,
goods classified in the ADN Code,
goods classified in the IMDG Code,
dangerous liquid substances listed in the IBC Code,
liquefied gases listed in the IGC Code,
solids referred to in Appendix B of the BC Code.
Data element means a unit of data which, in a certain context, is considered indivisible and for which the identification, description and value representation has been specified.
Deadweight tonnage (DWT) means the maximum displacement of a ship after deduction of the weight of the ship.
Displacement ton means a unit for measuring the displacement of ships equal to 35 ft3; this is approximately equal to the volume of a long ton (1 016,06 kg) of sea water.
EDI number means the electronic address of the sender or receiver of a message (e.g. the sender and receiver of the cargo). This may be an email address, an agreed identifier or e.g. a number of the European Article Numbering Association (EAN number).
Electronic data interchange (EDI) means the transfer of structured data by agreed standards from applications on the computer of one party to applications on the computer of another party by electronic means.
Goods means movable property, merchandise or wares.
Goods item means whole or part of the cargo (consignment) received from the shipper, including any packaging material such as pallets supplied by the shipper.
Gross tonnage (GRT) means the measure of the overall size of a vessel determined in accordance with the provisions of the international convention on measurement of vessels, usually expressed in register ton.
Gross weight means the weight (mass) of goods including packing, but excluding the carriers equipment expressed in whole kilograms.
Message implementation manual means a manual that describes in detail how a certain standard message will be implemented and which segments, data elements, codes and references will be used and how.
Location means any named geographical place, such as a port, an inland freight terminal, an airport, a container freight station, a terminal or any other place where customs clearance or regular receipt or delivery of goods can take place, with permanent facilities used for goods movements associated with international trade or transport and used frequently for those purposes. The location shall be recognised as such by a competent national body.
Means of transport means the type of vehicle used for the transport of goods such as barge, truck, vessel or train.
Metric ton means a unit of weight equivalent to 1 000 kg.
Mode of transport means a method of transport used for the conveyance of goods e.g. by rail, by road, by sea, by inland waterways.
Next port of call means the consecutive place (port of call) where a ship will arrive after having made a voyage. The term is used, by the master only, to indicate the subsequent competent authority in accordance with the applicable regulations.
Passage point means a defined distinguishable spot which serves as a marker to determine parts of a voyage of a vessel and triggering a certain action. It may take the form a virtual line perpendicular on the fairway axis running from side to side of the fairway.
Port of call means a place where a vessel actually drops anchor, moors or otherwise comes to rest for a certain period of time to execute any necessary operations related to ship, cargo or crew.
Qualifier means a data element whose value is expressed as a code that gives specific meaning to the function of another data element or a segment.
Reference number means a number that serves to refer to or mention a relation or where applicable a restriction.
Register ton means a unit of internal capacity of ships equal to 100 cubic feet (2,8317 m3).
Segment means a predefined and identified set of functionally related data elements values which are identified by their sequential positions within the set. A segment starts with a segment tag and ends with a segment terminator. It can be a service segment or a user data segment.
Segment code means a code which uniquely identifies each segment as specified in a segment directory.
Shipmaster means the person on-board of the ship being in command and having the authority to take all decisions pertaining to navigation and ship management. (Synonyms: captain, skipper, boat master).
Tag means a unique identifier for a segment or data element.
Transport notification means the announcement of an intended voyage of a ship to a competent authority.
UN/EDIFACT means the UN rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport. They comprise a set of standards, directories and guidelines for the electronic interchange of structured data, and in particular that related to trade in goods or services between independent computerised information systems. Recommended within the framework of the UN, the rules are approved and published by the UNECE in the UN Trade Data Interchange Directory (UNTDID) and are maintained under agreed procedures.
Vessel traffic services (VTS) means services as defined in point 2.5 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 414/2007.
Voyage means the journey of a vessel between the port(s) of loading and the first port of discharge of a consignment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1744/annex/division/2/division/2.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1744/annex/division-2/division-2.2
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