RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.886(21), by which the Assembly resolved that the function of
adopting performance standards and technical specifications, as well as amendments
thereto shall be performed by the Maritime Safety Committee and/or the Marine
Environment Protection Committee, as appropriate, on behalf of the Organization,
RECALLING FURTHER that, in accordance with resolution A.1046(27), containing the IMO policy for the recognition and
acceptance of suitable radionavigation systems intended for international use, the
"Revised Report on the Study of a Worldwide Radionavigation System", the Indian Regional
Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) may be recognized as a possible component of the
world-wide radionavigation system,
NOTING that shipborne receiving equipment for the worldwide radionavigation system should
be designed to satisfy the detailed requirements of the particular system concerned,
RECOGNIZING the need to develop performance standards for shipborne IRNSS receiver
equipment in order to ensure the operational reliability of such equipment and taking
into account the technological progress and experience gained,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-ninth session, the recommendation made by the
Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue, at its fifth session,
1 ADOPTS the performance standards for shipborne IRNSS receiver equipment, set out in the
annex to the present resolution;
2 RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that IRNSS receiver equipment installed on or after 1
July 2020 conforms to performance standards not inferior to those specified in the annex
to the present resolution.