S.L. 427.60 Art. 4Definitions. S.L. 419.07 Cap. 234.

For the purpose of these regulations, the following definitions shall apply: "accreditation" means accreditation as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; "authorised representative" means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on its behalf in relation to specified tasks; "conformity assessment" means the process carried out by the notified bodies, in accordance with regulation 13, demonstrating whether marine equipment complies with the requirements laid down in these regulations;

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

* see regulation 2. representative, the importer and the distributor; "EU declaration of conformity" means a statement issued by the manufacturer in accordance with regulation 14; "EU ship" means a ship flying the flag of a Member State and falling within the scope of the international conventions; "importer" means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places marine equipment from a third country on the Union market;

"international conventions" means the following conventions, together with their protocols and codes of mandatory application, adopted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which have entered into force and which lay down specific requirements for the approval by the flag State of equipment to be placed on board ships: - the 1972 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (Colreg); - the 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (Marpol); - the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (Solas);

"international instruments" means the international conventions, together with the resolutions and circulars of the IMO giving effect to those conventions in their up-to-date version, and the testing standards; "making available on the market" means any supply of marine equipment on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;

"manufacturer" means any natural or legal person who manufactures marine equipment or has marine equipment designed or manufactured, and markets that equipment under its name or trademark; "marine equipment" means equipment falling within the scope of these regulations in accordance with regulation 3; "national accreditation body" means national accreditation body as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; "National Accreditation Board (Malta)" means the National Accreditation Board (Malta) established in terms of regulation 3 of the National Accreditation Board (Malta) (Establishment)

Regulations; "notified body" means an organisation designated by the Technical Regulations Division in accordance with regulation 15(1);

"placed on board" means installed or placed on board a ship; marine equipment that has already been placed on board EU ships or purchased with the intention of being placed on board EU ships; "testing standards" means the testing standards for marine equipment set by: - the International Maritime Organization (IMO); - the International Organization for Standardization (ISO); - the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); - the European Committee for Standardization (CEN); - the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec); - the International Telecommunication Union (ITU); - the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI); - the Commission; in accordance with Article 8 and Article 27(6) of Directive 2014/90/EU; - the regulatory authorities recognised in the mutual recognition agreements to which the Union is a party; "Registrar-General" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by article 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act;

"Technical Regulations Division" means the Technical Regulations Division within the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority as established by the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority Act; "Union" means the European Union; "wheel mark" means the symbol referred to in regulation 7 and set out in Schedule I or, as appropriate, the electronic tag referred to in regulation 9; "withdrawal" means any measure aimed at preventing marine equipment in the supply chain from being made available on the market.