For the purpose of the present Agreement:
- 1. The “Competent Maritime Authority” in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is the Directorate-General Shipping and Maritime Affairs of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management and in the Republic of Latvia the Ministry of Transport or in either case any person or body authorised to perform any functions at present exercised by the said authorities.
- 2. The term “vessel of a Contracting Party” means any seagoing vessel used in commercial service, with the exception of fishing vessels and factory ships, which is registered in the territory and flies the flag of a Contracting Party in compliance with its national laws and regulations.
- 3. The term “crew member” means the ship's master and any person actually employed on board a vessel with regard to the working or service of the vessel, who is included in the crew list and who is a holder of a seaman's identity document as mentioned in Article 11 of this Agreement.
- 4. The term “enterprise of a Contracting Party” has the same meaning as the term “enterprise of a Contracting State” in article 8 of the Convention between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Latvia for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital (signed 14 March 1994) and which is defined in articles 3 and 4 of this Convention.A “shipping company of the Contracting Party” must be understood to be an “enterprise of a Contracting Party”.
