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  – Replace on page 3-15 the existing second bullet paragraph with the following:

 “In case of language difficulties, the International Code of Signals, the IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases (SMCP) and standard ICAO phraseology contained in Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and PANS-ATM (ICAO Document 4444) should be used.”


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