Article 2
Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation: "Conventions" means the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (1974 SOLAS), the 1966 International Convention on Load Lines (LL 66), the 1969 International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, and the 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, as amended by the 1978 Protocol relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), in their up-to-date versions, and related codes of mandatory status adopted in the framework of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), together with Protocols and amendments thereto in their up-to-date versions; "Requirements" means the safety, security and pollution-prevention requirements relating to the construction and equipment of ships laid down in the Conventions and, for passenger ships engaged on domestic voyages, those set out in Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships [7]; "Certificates" means certificates, documents and statements of compliance issued by a Member State or by a recognised organisation on its behalf in accordance with the Conventions, and for passenger ships engaged on domestic voyages, those issued in accordance with Article 11 of Directive 98/18/EC; "Passenger ship" means a ship carrying more than twelve passengers; (i) the master and the members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship; and (ii) a child under one year of age; "Domestic voyage" means a voyage in sea areas from a port of a Member State to the same or another port within that Member State; "International voyage" means a voyage by sea from a port of a Member State to a port outside that Member State, or conversely; "Cargo ship" means a ship which is not a passenger ship; "Recognised organisation" means an organisation recognised in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 94/57/EC.