The Maritime Safety Committee,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.199(80) - Adoption of Amendments to Provision of Radio Services for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) (Resolution A.801(19)) - (Adopted on 16 May 2005) - The Maritime Safety Committee,

The Maritime Safety Committee,

 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.


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