Sec. 80.1101  Performance standards.

    (a) The abbreviations used in this section are as follows:
    (1) International Maritime Organization (IMO).
    (2) International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee 
(CCITT).
    (3) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
    (4) International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
    (5) International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR).
    (b) All equipment specified in this subpart must meet the general 
requirements for shipboard equipment listed in this paragraph, which are 
incorporated by reference.
    (1) IMO Resolution A.694(17), ``General Requirements for Shipborne 
Radio Equipment Forming Part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety 
System (GMDSS) and for Electronic Navigational Aids,'' adopted 6 
November 1991.
    (2) CCITT Recommendation E.161, ``Arrangement of Figures, Letters 
and Symbols on Telephones and Other Devices that Can Be Used for Gaining 
Access to a Telephone Network,'' 1989.
    (3) CCITT Recommendation Q.11, ``Numbering Plan for the 
International Telephone Service,'' 1989.
    (4) IEC Publication 92-101, ``Electrical Installations in Ships,'' 
Third Edition 1980 with amendments through 1984.
    (5) IEC Publication 533, ``Electromagnetic Compatibility of 
Electrical and Electronic Installations in Ships,'' First Edition 1977.
    (6) IEC Publication 945, ``Marine Navigational Equipment,'' First 
Edition 1988.
    (7) ISO Standard 3791, ``Office Machines and Data Processing 
Equipment--Keyboard Layouts for Numeric Applications,'' First Edition 
1976(E).
    (c) The equipment specified in this subpart must also conform to the 
appropriate performance standards listed below which are incorporated by 
reference.
    (1) NAVTEX receivers: (i) IMO Resolution A.525(13), ``Performance 
Standards for Narrow-band Direct Printing Telegraph Equipment for the 
Reception of Navigational and Meteorological Warnings and Urgent 
Information to Ships,'' adopted 17 November 1983.
    (ii) CCIR Recommendation 540-2, ``Operational and Technical 
Characteristics for an Automated Direct-printing Telegraph System for 
Promulgation of Navigational and Meteorological Warnings and Urgent 
Information to Ships,'' 1990.
    (2) VHF radio equipment: (i) IMO Resolution A.609(15), ``Performance 
Standards for Shipborne VHF Radio Installations Capable of Voice 
Communication and Digital Selective Calling,'' adopted 19 November 1987.
    (ii) CCIR Recommendation 493-4, ``Digital Selective-calling System 
for use in the Maritime Mobile Service,'' 1990.
    (3) MF radio equipment: (i) IMO Resolution A. 610(15), ``Performance 
Standards for Shipborne MF Radio Installations Capable of Voice 
Communication and Digital Selective Calling,'' adopted 19 November 1987.
    (ii) CCIR Recommendation 493-4, ``Digital Selective-calling System 
for use in the Maritime Mobile Service,'' 1990.
    (4) MF/HF radio equipment: (i) IMO Resolution A.613(15), 
``Performance Standards for Shipborne MF/HF Radio Installations capable 
of Voice Communication, Narrow-band Direct Printing and digital 
Selective Calling,'' adopted 19 November 1987.
    (ii) CCIR Recommendations 493-4, ``Digital Selective-calling System 
for use in the Maritime Mobile Service,'' 1990.
    (iii) CCIR Recommendation 625-1, ``Direct-printing Telegraph 
Equipment Employing Automatic Identification in the Maritime Mobile 
Service,'' 1990. Equipment may conform to CCIR Recommendation 476-4, 
``Direct-Printing Telegraph Equipment in the Maritime Mobile Service,'' 
1986, in lieu of CCIR Recommendation 625-1, where such equipment was 
installed on ships prior to February 1, 1993.
    (iv) IMO Resolution A.700(17), ``Performance Standards for Narrow-
band Direct-printing Telegraph Equipment for the Reception of 
Navigational and Meteorological Warnings and Urgent Information to Ships 
(MSI) by HF,'' adopted 6 November 1991.

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    (5) 406 MHz EPIRBs: (i) IMO Resolution A.611(15), ``Performance 
Standards for Float-free Satellite Emergency Position-indicating Radio 
Beacons Operating on 406 MHz,'' adopted 19 November 1987.
    (ii) IMO Resolution A.662(16), ``Performance Standards for Float-
free Release and Activation Arrangements for Emergency Radio 
Equipment,'' adopted 19 October 1989.
    (iii) OCIR Recommendation 633-1, ``Transmission Characteristics of a 
Satellite Emergency Position-indicating Radiobeacon (Satellite EPIRB) 
System Operating Through a Low Polar-orbiting Satellite System in the 
406 MHz Band,'' 1990.
    (iv) The 406 MHz EPIRBs must also comply with Sec. 80.1061.
    (6) 9 GHz radar transponders: (i) IMO Resolution A.604(15), 
``Performance Standards for Survival Craft Radar Transponders for Use in 
Search and Rescue Operations,'' adopted 19 November 1987.
    (ii) CCIR Recommendation 628-1, Technical Characteristics for Search 
and Rescue Radar Transponders,'' 1990.
    (7) Two-way VHF radiotelephone: IMO Resolution A.605(15), 
``Performance Standards for Survival Craft Two-way VHF Radiotelephone 
Apparatus,'' adopted 19 November 1987.
    (8) INMARSAT-A SES: IMO Resolution A.698(17), ``Performance 
Standards for Ship Earth Stations Capable of Two-way Communications,'' 
adopted 6 November 1991.
    (9) INMARSAT-C SES: IMO Resolution A.663(16), ``Performance 
Standards for INMARSAT Standard-C Ship Earth Stations Capable of 
Transmitting and Receiving Direct-printing Communications,'' adopted 19 
October 1989.
    (10) INMARSAT EGC: IMO Resolution A.664(16), ``Performance Standards 
for Enhanced Group Call Equipment,'' adopted 19 October 1989.
    (d) The above-referenced documents have been approved for 
incorporation by reference by the Director of the Federal Register in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Identification data 
and place to purchase for each of the above-reference documents are 
listed as follows:
    (1) Copies of IMO Resolutions, the 1974 SOLAS Convention, and the 
1983 and 1988 amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention can be purchased 
from Publications, International Maritime Organization, 4 Albert 
Embankment, London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom.
    (i) IMO resolution A.525(13) is contained in the Resolutions and 
Other Decisions of the Assembly of the International Maritime 
Organization, 13th Session, 1983, (IMO, London, 1984), Sales Number 073 
84.07.E.
    (ii) IMO Resolutions A.604(15), A.605(15), A.610(15), A.611(15) and 
A.613(15) are contained in the Resolutions and Other Decisions of the 
Assembly of the International Maritime Organization, 15th Session, 1987, 
(IMO, London, 1988), Sales Number 130 88.03.E.
    (iii) IMO Resolutions A.662(16), A.663(16) and A.664(16) are 
contained in the Resolutions and Other Decisions of the Assembly of the 
International Maritime Organization, 16th Session, 1989, (IMO, London, 
1990), Sales Number 136 90.04.E
    (iv) IMO Resolutions A.694(17), A.698(17), and A.700(17) can be 
ordered from IMO by requesting ``A.694, A.698, or A.700(17) from the 
seventeenth session.'' IMO Resolutions A.694(17), A.698(17), and 
A.700(17) will be published in the Resolutions and Other Decisions of 
the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization, 17th Session, 
1991.
    (2) CCIR Recommendations, ITU Radio Regulations, and CCITT 
publications can be purchased from the International Telecommunications 
Union (ITU), Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.
    (i) All CCIR Recommendations referenced in this section are 
contained in Recommendations of the CCIR, 1990, Volume VIII, (ITU, 
Geneva, 1990), 92-61-0424104.
    (ii) CCITT Recommendation E.161 is contained in CCITT Volume II--
Telephone and Network ISDN--Operation, Numbering, Routing and Mobile 
Service, (ITU, Geneva, 1989), ISBN 92-61-03261-3.
    (iii) CCITT Recommendation Q.11 is contained in CCITT Blue Book 
Volume VI, General Recommendation on Telephone Switching and Signalling, 
(ITU, Geneva, 1989), ISBN 92-61-03451-9.

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    (3) IEC Publications can be purchased from the International 
Electrotechnical Commission, 3 Rue de Varembe, CH-1211 Geneva 20, 
Switzerland, or from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 
11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, telephone (212) 642-4900.
    (4) ISO Standards can be purchased from the International 
Organization for Standardization, 1 Rue de Varembe, CH-1211 Geneva 20, 
Switzerland, or from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 
11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, telephone (212) 642-4900.
    (5) Copies of the publications listed in this section that are 
incorporated by reference may be inspected at the Federal Communications 
Commission, 1919 M Street, NW., Dockets Branch (room 239), Washington, 
DC or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capital Street, 
NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.
[ 57 FR 44701 , Sept. 29, 1992]