ANNEX 3
DRAFT RESOLUTION MSC...(72)
(adopted on......May 2000)
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR DAYLIGHT SIGNALLING LAMPS
THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLlNG Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of Committee,
RECALLING 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 V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS), as amended, chapter 13 of the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft, (HSC Code) in force, and chapter X of the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977,
RECOGNIZING that, for safety reasons, daylight signalling lamps are necessary on board for signalling in different situations, e.g. according to COLREG, the IAMSAR Manual and the International Code of Signals,
BEARING IN MIND the obligation for type approval of daylight signalling lamps according to the HSC Code, the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol and SOLAS, to ensure operational reliability and suitability and to ensure a common level of safety,
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 Daylight Signalling Lamps, set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that daylight signalling lamps fitted in compliance with SOLAS chapter V, the HSC Code and the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol on or after [1 January 2001] conform to performance standards not inferior to those specified in the annex to the present resolution.
