The Maritime Safety Committee,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.53(66) - Performance Standards for Shipborne GLONASS Receiver Equipment - (Adopted on 30 May 1996) - The Maritime Safety Committee,

The Maritime Safety Committee,

 Resolution MSC.113(73) is applicable to equipment installed on or after 1 July 2003.

Resolution MSC.53(66) is applicable to equipment installed before 1 July 2003.

RECALLING 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,

NOTING resolution A.815(19) by which the Assembly adopted 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,

HAVING IDENTIFIED that the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) may be a component of the world-wide radionavigation system,

NOTING ALSO that shipborne receiving equipment for the world-wide radio navigation system should be designed to satisfy the detailed requirements of the particular system concerned,

1. ADOPTS the Recommendation on Performance Standards for Shipborne GLONASS Receiver Equipment set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

2. INVITES Governments to ensure that GLONASS receiver equipment carried on ships of their flags conforms to performance standards not inferior to those set out in the Annex to the present resolution.


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