RESOLUTION A.570(14)
adopted on 20 November 1985

     
TYPE APPROVAL OF SHIP EARTH STATIONS

THE ASSEMBLY,

RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,

RECOGNIZING that ship earth stations should be type approved to ensure their operational reliability and to avoid adverse interaction between this equipment and other communication and navigational equipment aboard ship,

FURTHER RECOGNIZING the value of the centralized type approval conducted by the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) in minimizing the duplication of effort in type approval,

HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its fiftieth session,

1. RECOMMENDS Member Governments to accept type approval of ship earth stations by INMARSAT as sufficient for their national type acceptance of such equipment, in respect of those aspects relating to the INMARSAT technical requirements;