Annex - Additional Information on Closure of Inmarsat-E Services by Inmarsat Ltd.
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Annex - Additional Information on Closure of Inmarsat-E Services by Inmarsat Ltd.

  1 After in depth consultations between the IMSO Secretariat and the company, Inmarsat Ltd. has advised IMSO that it will close the L-Band EPIRB service as from 1 December 2006, with the following commitments:

  • .1 all existing registered users of L-Band EPIRBs will receive a replacement 406 MHz EPIRB with GPS capability free of charge;

  • .2 this replacement programme will be carried out during 2006;

  • .3 using its comprehensive registration database, Inmarsat Ltd. will notify all existing registered L-Band EPIRB users accordingly before 1 December 2005;

  • .4 the replacement programme will address all registered users of L-Band EPIRBs, including leisure users, not just those within the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended. EPIRBs will be replaced on an equivalent "like-for-like" basis; and

  • .5 no existing registered L-Band EPIRB users will therefore be left without equivalent EPIRB cover.

  2 The orderly closure of the Inmarsat-E service will be overseen by IMSO.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.1171 – Closure of Inmarsat-E Services by Inmarsat Ltd. – (23 May 2005)
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