RESOLUTION A.694(17)
adopted on 6 November 1991

     
     
 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPBORNE RADIO EQUIPMENT FORMING PART OF
THE GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS) AND FOR
ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

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 the need to prepare performance standards for shipborne radio equipment to ensure operational reliability and suitability of equipment used for safety purposes,

NOTING that regulation IV/14.1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), as amended, requires all equipment to which chapter IV of the Convention applies to conform to appropriate performance standards not inferior to those adopted by the Organization,

NOTING ALSO that SOLAS regulation V/12(r) requires all shipborne navigational equipment installed on ships on or after 1 September 1984 to conform to appropriate performance standards not inferior to those adopted by the Organization,