Article 1

This Decision shall apply to all radio equipment not within the scope of Directive 96/98/EC and which are intended for use on all vessels to which the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) does not apply (hereinafter ‘non-SOLAS vessels’) and which are intended to participate in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), as laid down in Chapter IV of the SOLAS convention operating in either of the following services:

1. (a)

   the maritime mobile service as defined in Article 1.28 of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Radio Regulations;

2. (b)

   the maritime mobile satellite service as defined in Article 1.29 of the ITU Radio Regulations.