How Does the COMSAR Sub-Committee Undertake its Evaluation and Produce an Evaluation Report?
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How Does the COMSAR Sub-Committee Undertake its Evaluation and Produce an Evaluation Report?

  11 Given the complexity of the Technical and Operational Assessment, the technical and operational experience required, the probable need for a dialogue between the assessors and the company concerned, and the time required to achieve a sufficient understanding of all the factors affecting the probable performance of an applicant satellite system, the Technical and Operational Assessment report used to inform COMSAR's evaluation could be produced by an independent body which can report directly to the COMSAR Sub-Committee. IMSO would need to undertake that work in any case, in order for it to acquire the system-specific knowledge necessary for it to be able to oversee the performance of any successful applicant satellite system, once it is approved for participation in the GMDSS. It is, therefore, expected that the Committee would request IMSO to undertake the Technical and Operational Assessment and produce the report.

Parent topic: Annex – Guidance to Prospective GMDSS Satellite Service Providers
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