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 for radio and navigational equipment, as
well as amendments thereto, should be performed by the Maritime Safety Committee on
behalf of the Organization,
RECOGNIZING the need for performance standards for multi-system shipborne
radionavigation receiver equipment in order to ensure that ships are provided with
resilient position-fixing equipment suitable for use with available radionavigation
systems throughout their voyage,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT present performance standards for shipborne radionavigation
receivers as laid down in resolutions MSC.112(73), MSC.113(73), MSC.114(73),
MSC.115(73), MSC.233(82) and MSC.379(93),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Navigation,
Communications and Search and Rescue at its second regular session,
1 ADOPTS the Performance standards for multi-system
shipborne radionavigation receivers, the text of which is set out in the annex to
the present resolution; and
2 RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that multi-system
shipborne radionavigation receivers installed on or after 31 December 2017, conform
to performance standards not inferior to those specified in the annex to the present
resolution.