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RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
RECALLING ALSO the provisions of regulation V/19 of the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974,
as amended, requiring all ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards engaged
on international voyages and cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and
upwards not engaged on international voyages and passenger ships irrespective
of size to be fitted with an automatic identification system (AIS),
as specified in SOLAS regulation V/19, paragraph 2.4, taking into
account the recommendations adopted by the Organization,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its seventy-third session and by the Sub-Committee
on Safety of Navigation at its forty-seventh session,
1. ADOPTS the Guidelines for the onboard operational
use of shipborne automatic identification systems (AIS) set out in
the Annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments concerned to take into
account these Guidelines when implementing SOLAS regulations V/11,
12 and 19;
3. ALSO INVITES Governments which set regional
frequencies requiring manual switching which, from the safety viewpoint,
should be limited to temporary situations, to notify the Organization
of such areas and designated frequencies, for circulation of that
information until 1 April 2002;
4. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to keep
the Guidelines under review and amend them as appropriate.