The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of this Decision:

1. (a)

   ‘applicant’ means an entity or a single person having established a company that applies for recognition to provide training courses relating to training tasks referred to in Article 23(5) and (6) of Directive 2007/59/EC, including a single person applying for recognition as examiner referred to in Article 25(1) and (2) of Directive 2007/59/EC;

2. (b)

   ‘trainer’ means a person with relevant skills and competence to prepare, organise and conduct training courses;

3. (c)

   ‘examiner’ means a person having relevant skills and competence, recognised to conduct and score examinations for the purposes of Directive 2007/59/EC;

4. (d)

   ‘examination’ means a process to check a train driver’s or candidate train driver’s competence in accordance with Directive 2007/59/EC by one or more means such as written, oral and practical;

5. (e)

   ‘examination centre’ means an entity established to provide examinations for train drivers in accordance with Article 25 of Directive 2007/59/EC;

6. (f)

   ‘recognition’ means a formal statement on the competence of a person or an entity to perform training tasks or examinations, issued by an authority appointed for this purpose by the Member State;

7. (g)

   ‘competent authority’ means the competent authority as defined in Article 3 of Directive 2007/59/EC or any other body appointed by the Member State or entrusted with the task of recognition of training centres and of examiners by the competent authority through delegation.