S.L. 427.61 Art. 4Definitions. S.L. 419.07 Cap. 510.

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 the manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks; "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; "conformity assessment" means the process demonstrating whether the requirements of this Directive relating to a product have been fulfilled; "conformity assessment body" means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;

"the Directive" means Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC; "distributor" means any natural or legal person in the supply "engine family" means the manufacturer’s grouping of engines which, through their design, have similar exhaust or noise emission characteristics; "essential requirements" means the requirements in Annex I of the Directive, which is set out in Schedule I; "harmonised standard" means harmonised standard as defined in point (c) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; "hull length" means the length of the hull measured in accordance with the harmonised standard; "importer" means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a product from a third country on the Union market;

"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 these regulations;

"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 Schedule I or increases the rated power of the engine by more than 15%; "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; "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;

"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;

"means of propulsion" means the method by which the watercraft is propelled; "the National Accreditation Board (Malta)" means the National Accreditation Board (Malta) established in terms of regulation 3 of the National Accreditation Board (Malta) (Establishment)

Regulations; "personal watercraft" means a watercraft intended for sports and leisure purposes of less than 4m 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 "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;

"propulsion engine" means any spark or compression ignition, internal combustion engine used directly or indirectly for propulsion purposes; "putting into service" means the first use of a product covered by this Directive in the Union by its end-user; "recall" means any measure aimed at achieving the return of a product that has already been made available to the end-user; "recreational craft" means any watercraft of any type, excluding personal watercraft, intended for sports and leisure purposes of hull length from 2,5m to 24m, regardless of the means of propulsion; "the 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 harmonisation legislation" means any Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products;

"watercraft" means any recreational craft or personal watercraft; "watercraft built for own use’ means a watercraft predominantly built by its future user for his own use. A boat built by a professional company for a private person under a contracted agreement, is deemed to fall under these regulations and will have to comply with the essential requirements of the regulations and the applicable conformity assessment procedures; "withdrawal" means any measure aimed at preventing a product in the supply chain from being made available on the market.