3.4 Authority
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3.4 Authority

 The shore-based authorities are the Regional Centre for Surveillance and Rescue Operations, CROSS GRIS NEZ (Call Sign: GRIS NEZ TRAFFIC) - provided by the French Ministry with responsibility for maritime navigation, and the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, MRCC DOVER (Call Sign: DOVER COASTGUARD) - provided by HM Coastguard, which is part of the United Kingdom's Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

 Both GRIS NEZ and DOVER sites monitor shipping in the TSS in the Dover Strait / Pas-de-Calais using radar and each provides regular information about weather and navigational hazards as part of the joint Channel Navigation Information Service (CNIS). Information is broadcast at the following times and on the following frequencies:

Station Frequency Times Additional broadcasts in times of poor visibility
Gris Nez VHF Ch 79 H + 10 H + 25
(Call Sign: GRIS NEZ TRAFFIC)
Dover VHF Ch 11 H + 40 H + 55
(Call Sign: DOVER COASTGUARD)

 Information broadcasts will be preceded by an announcement on VHF Ch 16 and broadcasts from both stations will end with a reminder about the time of the next broadcast and the VHF frequency on which it will be made.

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