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1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-eighth session (12 to 21 May 2004), approved the annexed Guidelines on annual testing of L-band satellite EPIRBs, as required by SOLAS regulation IV/15.9, which entered into force on 1 July 2002.

2 These Guidelines complement those given in MSC/Circ.1040 for annual testing of 406 MHz satellite EPIRBs.

3 Member Governments are invited to bring these Guidelines to the attention of shipping companies, shipowners, ship operators, equipment manufacturers, classification societies, shipmasters and all parties concerned.

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