27.6.2022
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 169/49
(c) pleasure yachts not engaged in trade; (d) wooden ships of primitive build.
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Article 6 applies to seafarers who hold a certificate issued by a Member State, regardless of their nationality.
Article 2 Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘master’ means the person having command of a ship; (2) ‘officer’ means a member of the crew, other than the master, designated as such by national law or regulations or, in the absence of such designation, by collective agreement or custom; (3) ‘deck officer’ means an officer qualified in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II of Annex I; (4) ‘chief mate’ means the officer next in rank to the master and upon whom the command of the ship will fall in the event of the incapacity of the master; (5) ‘engineer officer’ means an officer qualified in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Annex I; (6) ‘chief engineer officer’ means the senior engineer officer responsible for the mechanical propulsion and the operation and maintenance of the mechanical and electrical installations of the ship; (7) ‘second engineer officer’ means the engineer officer next in rank to the chief engineer officer and upon whom the responsibility for the mechanical propulsion and the operation and maintenance of the mechanical and electrical installations of the ship will fall in the event of the incapacity of the chief engineer officer; (8) ‘assistant engineer officer’ means a person under training to become an engineer officer and designated as such by national law or regulations; (9) ‘radio operator’ means a person holding an appropriate certificate issued or recognised by the competent authorities under the provisions of the Radio Regulations; (10) ‘rating’ means a member of a ship’s crew other than the master or an officer; (11) ‘seagoing ship’ means a ship other than those which navigate exclusively in inland waters or in waters within, or closely adjacent to, sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply; (12) ‘ship flying the flag of a Member State’ means a ship registered in and flying the flag of a Member State in accordance with its legislation; a ship not corresponding to this definition shall be regarded as a ship flying the flag of a third country; (13) ‘near-coastal voyages’ means voyages in the vicinity of a Member State as defined by that Member State; (14) ‘propulsion power’ means the total maximum continuous rated output power in kilowatts of all of a ship’s main propulsion machinery which appears on the ship’s certificate of registry or on any other official document; (15) ‘oil-tanker’ means a ship constructed and used for the carriage of petroleum and petroleum products in bulk; (16) ‘chemical tanker’ means a ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product listed in Chapter 17 of the International Bulk Chemical Code, in its up-to-date version; (17) ‘liquefied-gas tanker’ means a ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other product listed in Chapter 19 of the International Gas Carrier Code, in its up-to-date version; (18) ‘Radio Regulations’ means the radio regulations annexed to, or regarded as being annexed to, the International Telecommunication Convention, as amended; (19) ‘passenger ship’ means a ship as defined in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74), as amended, of the International Maritime Organization (IMO);