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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.192(79) - Adoption of the Revised Performance Standards for Radar Equipment - (Adopted on 6 December 2004) - 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,

 NOTING resolutions A.222(VII), A.278(VIII), A.477(XII), MSC.64(67), annex 4, A.820(19) and A.823(19) containing performance standards applicable to marine radars being produced and installed at different time periods in the past,

 NOTING ALSO that marine radars are used in connection/integration with other navigational equipment required to carry on board ships such as, an automatic target tracking aid, ARPA, AIS, ECDIS and others,

 RECOGNIZING the need for unification of maritime radar standards in general, and, in particular, for display and presentation of navigation-related information,

 HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation on the revised performance standards for radar equipment made by the Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation at its fiftieth session,

  1. ADOPTS the Revised Recommendation on Performance Standards for radar equipment set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

  2. RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that radar equipment installed on or after 1 July 2008 conform to performance standards not inferior to those set out in the Annex to the present resolution.

Parent topic: Resolution MSC.192(79) - Adoption of the Revised Performance Standards for Radar Equipment - (Adopted on 6 December 2004)
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