RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.825(19), 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,
HAVING CONSIDERED new performance standards and amendments to existing performance
standards adopted by the Assembly and prepared by the forty-fourth session of the
Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation,
1. ADOPTS the following new recommended performance standards, set out in Annexes 1
to 3 to the present resolution:
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.1 Recommendation on Performance Standards for Sound Reception Systems (Annex
1);
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.2 Recommendation on Performance Standards for Marine Transmitting Magnetic
Heading Devices (TMHDs) (Annex 2); and
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.3 Recommendation on Performance Standards for an Integrated Navigation
System (Annex 3);
2. ADOPTS ALSO the amendments to the Recommendation on Performance Standards for
Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDISs) (resolution A.817(19)) set out in Annex 4 to the present resolution;
3. RECOMMENDS Member Governments to ensure that:
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.1 sound reception systems, marine transmitting heading devices and
integrated navigation systems installed on or after 1 January 2000 conform
to performance standards not inferior to those set out in Annexes 1 to 3 to
the present resolution;
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.2 ECDIS installed on or after 1 January 2000 conform, respectively, to
performance standards not inferior to those set out in resolution A.817(19), as amended, and Annex 4 to the present
resolution;
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.3 ECDIS installed on 1 January 1999 and before 1 January 2000 conform at
least to the performance standards set out in resolution A.817(19), as amended by resolution MSC.64(67), Annex 5; and
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.4 ECDIS installed before 1 January 1999 conform at least to performance
standards set out in resolution A.817(19).