9.2 Transfer of flag
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9.2 Transfer of flag

  9.2.1 When a ship operated by the Company is to be transferred to the flag of another Contracting Government, the Company should:

  • .1 promptly provide to the Administration the information specified in paragraph 15.5 of the Revised performance standards so as to enable the Administration to provide to the LRIT Data Centre and the ASP the required information in a timely manner;

  • .2 promptly provide to the Contracting Government to whose flag the ship would be transferred the information specified in paragraphs 15.2 and 15.3 of the Revised performance standards so as to enable the Contracting Government to provide to the LRIT Data Centre and the ASP the required information in a timely manner; and

  • .3 settle all outstanding or pending matters so as to enable the timely decommissioning of the shipborne equipment and enable the ship concerned to commence transmitting LRIT information to the LRIT Data Centre which has been identified by the Contracting Government whose flag the ship will be entitled to fly.

  9.2.2 When a ship operated by the Company is to be transferred to the flag of another State or when the ship is to be taken permanently out of service, the Company should promptly provide to the Administration the information the Administration has specified so as to enable the Administration concerned to provide to the LRIT Data Centre and the ASP the required information in a timely manner.

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