RESOLUTION A.696(17)
adopted on 6 November 1991

     
     
TYPE APPROVAL OF SATELLITE EMERGENCY POSITION-INDICATING
RADIO BEACONS (EPIRBs) OPERATING IN THE COSPAS-SARSAT SYSTEM

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,

NOTING that the Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), on the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS Conference, 1988) adopted regulation IV/7.1.6 of the 1988 SOLAS amendments, applicable not later than 1 August 1993, requiring the carriage of a float-free satellite EPIRB on every ship as part of the global maritime distress and safety system,

NOTING Assembly resolution A.695(17) - Performance Standards for Float-Free Satellite Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) Operating on 406 MHz,

NOTING FURTHER resolution 3 - Recommendation on the early introduction of GMDSS elements, adopted by the 1988 GMDSS Conference, which recommends, inter alia, that satellite EPIRBs be introduced as early as possible,