ANNEX 2
DRAFT RESOLUTION MSC ... (72)
(adopted on ... May 2000)
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,
RECALLlNG ALSO 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,
RECALLING FURTHER the 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 since 1 January 1996, under which the fitting of night vision equipment, as part of the navigational equipment on board HSC, is required,
RECOGNIZING that the use of night vision equipment on board HSC will improve the ship's safety when navigating at night and that the navigational information provided by this equipment constitutes a useful addition to that provided by radar equipment,
BEARING IN MIND the obligation for type approval of night vision equipment according to the HSC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation at its forty-fifth session,
1 . ADOPTS the Recommendation on Performance Standards for Night Vision Equipment for HSC, set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2. RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that night vision equipment installed in compliance with the HSC Code on or after [1 July 2002] conform to performance standards not inferior to those specified in the annex to the present resolution.
