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Council Directive 96/98/EC of 20 December 1996 on marine equipment (repealed)
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Notes applicable to section 1: Life saving appliances.
Column 4: IMO MSC/Circular 980 should apply except when superseded by the specific instruments referred to in Column 4.
No | Item designation | Regulation SOLAS 74 where ‘type approval’ is required | Regulations of SOLAS 74 and the relevant resolutions and circulars of the IMO, as applicable | Testing standards | Modules for conformity assessment |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
A.1/1.1 | Lifebuoys |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.2 | Position-indicating lights for lifesaving appliances: (a) for survival craft and rescue boats, (b) for lifebuoys, (c) for lifejackets. |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.3 | Lifebuoys self-activating smoke signals |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.4 | Lifejackets |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.5 | Immersion suits and anti-exposure suits not classified as lifejackets:
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.6 | Immersion suits and anti-exposure suits classified as lifejackets:
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.7 | Thermal protective aids |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.8 | Rocket parachute flares (pyrotechnics) |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.9 | Hand flares (pyrotechnics) |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.10 | Buoyant smoke signals (pyrotechnics) |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.11 | Line-throwing appliances |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.12 | Inflatable liferafts |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.13 | Rigid liferafts |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.14 | Automatically self-righting liferafts |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.15 | Canopied reversible liferafts |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.16 | Float-free arrangements for liferafts (hydrostatic release units) |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.17 | Lifeboats |
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| B + D B + F G |
A.1/1.18 | Rigid rescue boats |
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| B + D B + F G |
A.1/1.19 | Inflated rescue boats |
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| B + D B + F G |
A.1/1.20 | Fast rescue boats |
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| B + D B + F G |
A.1/1.21 | Launching appliances using falls (Davits) |
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| B + D B + E B + F G |
A.1/1.22 | Float-free launching appliances for survival craft | Moved to A.2/1.3 | |||
A.1/1.23 | Launching appliances for free-fall lifeboats |
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| B + D B + E B + F G |
A.1/1.24 | Liferaft launching appliances (Davits) |
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| B + D B + E B + F G |
A.1/1.25 | Fast rescue boat launching appliances (Davits) |
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| B + D B + E B + F G |
A.1/1.26 | Release mechanism for (a) Lifeboats and rescue boats and (b) Liferafts Launched by a fall or falls |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.27 | Marine evacuation systems |
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| B + F G |
A.1/1.28 | Means of rescue |
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| B + D B + F |
A.1/1.29 ex A.2/1.4 | Embarkation ladders |
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| B + D B + F |
A.1/1.30 | Retro-reflective materials |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.31 | Survival craft two-way VHF radio telephone apparatus | Moved to A.1/5.17 and A.1/5.18 | |||
A.1/1.32 | 9 GHz SAR transponder (SART) | Moved to A.1/4.18 | |||
A.1/1.33 | Radar reflector for lifeboats and rescue boats |
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| B + D B + E B + F G |
A.1/1.34 | Compass for lifeboats and rescue boats | Moved to A.1/4.23 | |||
A.1/1.35 | Portable fire-extinguishing equipment for lifeboats and rescue boats | Moved to A.1/3.38 | |||
A.1/1.36 | Lifeboat/rescue boat propulsion engine |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.37 | Rescue boat propulsion engine-outboard motor |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.38 | Searchlights for use in lifeboats and rescue boats |
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| B + D B + E B + F |
A.1/1.39 | Open reversible liferafts |
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| B + D B + F |
A.1/1.40 | Mechanical pilot hoist | Moved to A.1/4.48 | |||
A.1/1.41 | Winches for survival craft and rescue boats |
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| B + D B + E B + F G |
A.1/1.42 | Pilot ladder | Moved to A.1/4.49] |
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