MSC.509(105)REV.1-ProvisionofradioservicesfortheGlobalMaritimeDistressandSafetySystem(GMDSS)

MSC109/22/Add.1Annex 13,page 1ANNEX 13RESOLUTION MSC.509(105)/REV.1(adopted on 6 December 2024)PROVISION OF RADIO SERVICES FOR THEGLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM(GMDSS)THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,RECALLING Article 28(b)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Committee,RECALLING ALSO that the Assembly,at its nineteenth session,adopted resolution A801(19)on Provision of radio services for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System(GMDSS).authorizing the Maritime Safety Committee to keep the resolution under review and to adoptamendments thereto,as necessary,RECALLING FURTHER resolution MSC.509(105),by which it adopted,at its 105th session,arevision of resolution A.801(19),as amended by resolution MSC.199(80),superseding thelatter resolutions from 1 January 2024,TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the amendments to chapter IV of the International Convention forthe Safety of Life at Sea,1974 ("the Convention"),adopted by resolutions MSC.436(99)andMSC.496(105),NOTING,in particular,regulation IV/5 of the Convention concerning provision ofradiocommunication services.HAVING CONSIDERED,at its 109th session,the recommendation made by theSub-Committee on Navigation,Communications and Search and Rescue at its eleventhsession,1ADOPTS the revised Recommendation on provision of radio services for the GMDSS,the Criteria for use when providing shore-based digital selective calling(DSC)facilities for usein the GMDSS,the Criteria for establishing GMDSS sea areas,the Criteria for use whenproviding a NAVTEX service and the Criteria for use when providing a NAVDAT service,setout in annexes 1 to 5,respectively,to the present resolution;RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that provision of radio services for theGMDSS established on or after the date of adoption of the present resolution conforms tocriteria not inferior to that set out in the annexes to the present resolution;3INVITES Governments to:provide,either individually or in cooperation with other Governments,theradio services deemed practicable and necessary for the proper operation ofthe GMDSS;and.2inform the Secretary-General of the shore-based facilities to be provided insupport of the GMDSS in response to this resolution through theOrganization's Global Integrated Shipping Infomation System(GISIS);4REVOKES resolution MSC.509(105).MSC109-22-Add.1