The Annex of this document has been consolidated into resolution MSC.163(78)
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, shall be performed by the Maritime Safety Committee on
behalf of the Organization,
RECALLING FURTHER the Performance standards for shipborne simplified voyage data
recorders (S-VDRs) adopted by resolution MSC.163(78), as amended by resolution MSC.214(81),
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Performance standards for float-free emergency
position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) operating on 406 MHz, adopted by
resolution MSC.471(101), which are applicable to float-free EPIRBs operating in the
frequency band 406.0-406.1 MHz which form part of the Global Maritime Distress and
Safety System (GMDSS), installed on or after 1 July 2022,
RECOGNIZING the need to amend resolution MSC.163(78), as amended, with respect to float-free recording
medium to effect consequential amendments related to the adoption of resolution MSC.471(101),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 104th session, the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee
on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue, at its eighth session,
1 ADOPTS the Amendments to the Performance standards for shipborne simplified
voyage data recorders (S-VDRs), set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
2 RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that S-VDRs:
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.1 if installed on or after 1 July 2022, conform to performance standards not
inferior to those specified in the annex to resolution MSC.163(78), as amended by resolution MSC.214(81) and the present resolution;
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.2 if installed on or after 1 June 2008, but before 1 July 2022, conform to
performance standards not inferior to those specified in the annex to resolution MSC.163(78), as amended by resolution MSC.214(81); and
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.3 if installed before 1 June 2008, conform to performance standards not
inferior to those specified in the annex to resolution MSC.163(78).