Model letter
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Model letter

The Secretary-General
International Maritime Organization
4 Albert Embankment
London SE1 7SR
United Kingdom
   
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to refer to the provisions of regulation V/19-1 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended, on Long-range identification
and tracking of ships, and to the provisions of the Revised performance standards and functional
requirements for the long-range identification and tracking of ships adopted by resolution
MSC.263(84) and I wish to inform you that the Government of <insert name of State> has
designated as the national point of contact for communications in relation to matters pertaining to
long-range identification and tracking of ships:
<insert title, first name and family name or surname of official>
<insert position or functional title>
<insert ministry, department, agency, authority or organization where is employed>
<insert office address>
<insert postal address, if other than office address>
Telephone number: <insert country code, area code and number>
[Outside office hours][Mobile] telephone number: <insert country code, area code and number>
Facsimile number: <insert country code, area code and number>
E-mail address: <insert address>
   
[and as the alternate national point of contact for communications in relation to matters pertaining to long-range identification and tracking of ships:
   
<insert title, first name and family name or surname of official>
<insert position or functional title>
<insert ministry, department, agency, authority or organization where is employed>
<insert office address>
<insert postal address, if other than office address>
Office telephone number: <insert country code, area code and number>
[Outside office hours][Mobile] telephone number: <insert country code, area code and number>
Facsimile number: <insert country code, area code and number>
E-mail address: <insert address>
   
The aforesaid official(s) [has][have] been duly authorized to communicate all further information
required [, including the names and contact details of any official(s) who may be appointed as
their successor(s)].
   
The Government of <insert name of State> has decided to establish a National LRIT
Data Centre [, which will be operated on behalf of the Government of <insert name of State> by
<insert the registered name of the legal entity which has been contracted to establish and
operate the LRIT Data Centre
>,]. The contact details of centre are:
   
<insert address of the centre or the operator>
<insert postal address, if other than the address provided above>
Telephone number: <insert country code, area code and number>
24-hour telephone numberfootnote: <insert country code, area code and number>
Facsimile number: <insert country code, area code and number>
E-mail address: <insert address>
URI: <insert Uniform Resource Identifier>
   
The person in charge of the aforesaid centre is:
   
<insert title, first name and family name or surname of official>
<insert position or functional title>
Telephone number: <insert country code, area code and number>
Facsimile number: <insert country code, area code and number>
E-mail address: <insert address>
   
[The Government of <insert name of State> has agreed that its National LRIT Data Centre will be also providing services to the Government(s) of <insert names of State to which the LRIT Data Centre will be providing services>.]footnote
   
The Government of <insert name of State> has recognized as Application Service
Provider working with its National LRIT Data Centre:
   
<insert registered name of recognized Application Service Provider>
<insert office address>
<insert postal address, if other than office address>
Telephone number: <insert country code, area code and number>
24-hour telephone numberfootnote: <insert country code, area code and number>
Facsimile number: <insert country code, area code and number>
E-mail address: <insert address>
   
under the following conditions <insert conditions under which the recognition has been granted
e.g., conditions which the Application Service Provider which is required to meet and which need
to be known by other Contracting Government and information on whether it is authorized to
conduct conformance testing only and submit its results for the issue of the related Conformance
test report by the Government of <insert name of State> or to conduct conformance testing and
issue the related Conformance test reports on behalf of the Government of <insert name of State
>>.
   
I have [also] the honour to refer to the provisions MSC.1/Circ.1296 on Guidance on the
survey and certification of compliance of ships with the requirement to transmit LRIT information
and I wish to inform you that the Government of <insert name of State> has authorized the
following as Application Service Providers to act on its behalf as testing Application Service
Providers as defined in aforesaid circular:
   
{for each authorized testing Application Service Provider please provide the following information}
   
<insert registered name of recognized Application Service Provider>
<insert office address>
<insert postal address, if other than office address>
Telephone number: <insert country code, area code and number>
24-hour telephone numberfootnote: <insert country code, area code and number>
Facsimile number: <insert country code, area code and number>
E-mail address: <insert address>
   
under the following conditions <insert conditions under which the authorization has been granted, e.g., to conduct conformance testing only and submit its results for the issue of the related Conformance test report by the Government of <insert name of State> or to conduct conformance testing and issue the related Conformance test reports on behalf of the Government of <insert name of State>>.
   
<signature and official seal (if necessary)>
<insert title, first name and family name or surname of official>
<insert position or functional title>

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