For the purposes of this Directive, the following terms shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

1. (a)

   fishing vessel: any vessel flying the flag of a Member State or registered under the plenary jurisdiction of a Member State used for commercial purposes either for catching or catching and processing fish or other living resources from the sea;

2. (b)

   new fishing vessel: a fishing vessel with a length between perpendiculars of 15 metres or over and for which, on or after the date specified in the first subparagraph of Article 13 (1):

   1. (i)

      the building or major conversion contract is placed; or

   2. (ii)

      the building or major conversion contract has been placed before the date specified in the first subparagraph of Article 13 (1) and which is delivered three or more years after that date; or

   3. (iii)

      in the absence of a building contract:

      • the keel is laid, or

      • construction identifiable with a specific vessel begins, or

      • assembly has commenced, comprising at least 50 tonnes or 1 % of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is the lesser;

3. (c)

   existing fishing vessel: any fishing vessel with a length between perpendiculars of 18 metres or over and which is not a new fishing vessel;

4. (d)

   vessel: any new or existing fishing vessel;

5. (e)

   worker: any person carrying out an occupation on board a vessel, including trainees and apprentices but excluding shore personnel carrying out work on board a vessel at the quayside and port pilots;

6. (f)

   owner: the registered owner of a vessel, unless that vessel has been chartered by demise or is managed, either wholly or in part, by a natural or legal person other than the registered owner under the terms of a management agreement; in that case, the owner shall be construed as the demise charterer or natural or legal person managing the vessel, as appropriate;

7. (g)

   skipper: the worker who, in accordance with national legislation and/or practice, commands the vessel or has responsibility for it.