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 functions of adopting performance standards and
technical specifications, as well as amendments thereto, shall be
performed by the Maritime Safety Committee on behalf of the Organization,
HAVING CONSIDERED amendments to the existing criteria for
use when providing a NAVTEX service, set out in Annex 4 to resolution
A.801(19) − Provision of radio services for the Global Maritime
Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), as prepared by the ninth session
of the Sub-Committee on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue,
1. ADOPTS the revised Annex 4 to resolution A.801(19)
on Provision of radio services for the Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System (GMDSS), set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. RECOMMENDS Member Governments to ensure that
NAVTEX services established on or after 1 January 2006 conform to
criteria not inferior to that set out in the Annex to the present resolution.