Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 3 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

‘watercraft’ means any recreational craft or personal watercraft;

(2)

‘recreational craft’ means any watercraft of any type, excluding personal watercraft, intended for sports and leisure purposes of hull length from 2,5 m to 24 m, regardless of the means of propulsion;

(3)

‘personal watercraft’ means a watercraft intended for sports and leisure purposes of less than 4 m in hull length which uses a propulsion engine having a water jet pump as its primary source of propulsion and designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting, standing or kneeling on, rather than within the confines of, a hull;

(4)

‘watercraft built for own use’ means a watercraft predominantly built by its future user for his own use;

(5)

‘propulsion engine’ means any spark or compression ignition, internal combustion engine used directly or indirectly for propulsion purposes;

(6)

‘major engine modification’ means the modification of a propulsion engine which could potentially cause the engine to exceed the emission limits set out in Part B of Annex I or increases the rated power of the engine by more than 15 %;

(7)

‘major craft conversion’ means a conversion of a watercraft which changes the means of propulsion of the watercraft, involves a major engine modification, or alters the watercraft to such an extent that it may not meet the applicable essential safety and environmental requirements laid down in this Directive;

(8)

‘means of propulsion’ means the method by which the watercraft is propelled;

(9)

‘engine family’ means the manufacturer’s grouping of engines which, through their design, have similar exhaust or noise emission characteristics;

(10)

‘hull length’ means the length of the hull measured in accordance with the harmonised standard;

(11)

‘making available on the market’ means any supply of a product for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;

(12)

‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of a product on the Union market;

(13)

‘putting into service’ means the first use of a product covered by this Directive in the Union by its end-user;

(14)

‘manufacturer’ means any natural or legal person who manufactures a product or has such a product designed or manufactured, and markets that product under his name or trademark;

(15)

‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from the manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks;

(16)

‘importer’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a product from a third country on the Union market;

(17)

‘private importer’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who imports in the course of a non-commercial activity a product from a third country into the Union with the intention of putting it into service for his own use;

(18)

‘distributor’ means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a product available on the market;

(19)

‘economic operators’ means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor;

(20)

‘harmonised standard’ means harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;

(21)

‘accreditation’ means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

(22)

‘national accreditation body’ means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

(23)

‘conformity assessment’ means the process demonstrating whether the requirements of this Directive relating to a product have been fulfilled;

(24)

‘conformity assessment body’ means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;

(25)

‘recall’ means any measure aimed at achieving the return of a product that has already been made available to the end-user;

(26)

‘withdrawal’ means any measure aimed at preventing a product in the supply chain from being made available on the market;

(27)

‘market surveillance’ means the activities carried out and measures taken by public authorities to ensure that products comply with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation and do not endanger health, safety or any other aspect of public interest protection;

(28)

‘CE marking’ means a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the product is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing;

(29)

‘Union harmonisation legislation’ means any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products.