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,
HAVING ADOPTED by resolution A.815(19) the IMO policy for the recognition and acceptance
of suitable radionavigation systems intended for international use to provide ships with
navigational position-fixing throughout their voyages,
RECOGNIZING that the Maritime Safety Committee has identified that the Loran-C and
Chayka systems may be regional components of the world-wide radionavigation system,
NOTING that shipborne receiving equipment for the world-wide radionavigation system
should be designed to satisfy the detailed requirements of the particular system
concerned,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its
sixty-fourth session,
1. ADOPTS the Recommendation on Performance Standards for Shipborne Loran-C and Chayka
Receivers set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments to ensure that Loran-C or Chayka receivers carried on ships of
their flag conform to the performance standards set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to keep these Performance Standards under
review and to adopt amendments thereto, as necessary.