MSC.1-Circ.1040-Rev.2-GuidelinesOnAnnualTestingOfEmergencyPosition-IndicatingRadioBeacons(Epirbs)(Secretariat)

INTERNATIONALEMARITIMEORGANIZATION4 ALBERT EMBANKMENTLONDON SE1 7SRTelephone:+44(0)2077357611Fa:+44(0)2075873210MSC.1/Circ.1040/Rev.218 October 2021GUIDELINES ON ANNUAL TESTING OF EMERGENCY POSITION-INDICATINGRADIO BEACONS (EPIRBs)1 The Maritime Safety Committee,at its 104th session(4 to 8 October 2021),approvedthe revised Guidelines on annual testing of emergency position-indicating radio beacons(EP/RBs),prepared by the Sub-Committee on Navigation,Communications and Search andRescue (NCSR),at its eighth session(19 to 23 April 2021),as set out in the annex.Member States are invited to bring these Guidelines to the attention of shippingcompanies,shipowners,ship operators,radio surveyors,equipment manufacturers,classification societies,shipmasters and all other parties concerned.3This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1040/Rev.1.I:CIRCMSC1MSC.1-Circ.1040-Rev.2.docx00203