Resolution MSC.120(74)

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO RECOMMENDATION ON PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR FLOAT-FREE SATELLITE EMERGENCY POSITION-INDICATING RADIO BEACONS (EPIRBS) OPERATING ON 406 MHZ (RESOLUTION A.810(19))

(adopted on 1 June 2001)

THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

RECALLING ALSO resolution A.886(21), by which the Assembly resolved that the functions of adopting performance standards and technical specifications as well as amendments thereto shall be performed by the Maritime Safety Committee and/or the Marine Environment Protection Committee, as appropriate, on behalf of the Organization,

HAVING CONSIDERED resolution A.810(19) on Performance Standards for Float-Free Satellite Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) Operating on 406 MHz, as amended by resolution MSC.56(66), and reviewed the requirements to satellite signals, part B of the Annex to resolution A.810(19),

ADOPTS the Amendments to the Recommendation on performance standards for float-free satellite emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) operating on 406 MHz, annexed to resolution A.810(19), set out in the Annex to the present resolution.

ANNEX.

AMENDMENTS TO RECOMMENDATION ON PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR FLOAT-FREE SATELLITE EMERGENCY POSITION-INDICATING RADIO BEACONS (EPIRBs) OPERATING ON 406 MHz (RESOLUTION A.810(19))

ANNEX TO RESOLUTION A.810(19)