The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-eighth session (7 to 16 June
2017), approved the unified interpretation of SOLAS
regulations V/18.8, V/18.9 and IV/15.9 relating to the annual testing of VDR, S-VDR, AIS
and EPIRB, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search
and Rescue at its fourth session (6 to 10 March 2017), as set out in the annex.
2 Member States are invited to use the annexed unified interpretation as
guidance when applying SOLAS
regulations V/18.8, V/18.9 and IV/15.9, and to bring the unified interpretation to the
attention of all parties concerned.