ANNEX 1
DRAFT RESOLUTION MSC ... (...)
(adopted on ... 19---)
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT FOR HIGH SPEED CRAFT (HSC)
THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee.
RECALLING ALSO tile provisions oF Chapter X of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. 1974, as amended, by which the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft (HSC Code) was made mandatory.
RECALLING FURTHER the HSC Code (resolution MSC.36(63))under which the fitting of night vision equipment as part or the navigational equipment on board high speed craft (HSC) is required：
RECOGNIZING that tile use of night vision equipment on board HSC will improve the ship's safety when navigatina at night and that tile navioational information provided by this equipment constitutes a useful addition of that provided by radar equipment,
BEARING IN MIND the obligation for type approval off night vision equipment according to the HSC Code.
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Safety of
Navigation at its [... ] session.
1. ADOPTS the recommendation on performance standards for night vision equipment for HSC;
2. RECOMMENDS Member Governments to ensure that night vision equipment fitted in compliance with the HSC Code conform to performance standards not inferior to those specified in the Annex to the present resolution.
