Division B

Annotations

Footnotes

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Category B shall be extended to sea-going or sea-fishing vessels which make trips of less than 175 nautical miles from the nearest port with adequate medical equipment and which remain continuously within range of helicopter rescue services.

To this end, each Member State shall forward up-to-date information on the areas in which routine helicopter rescue services are provided, and the circumstances in which they operate:

1. (a)

   to the other Member States and the Commission; and

2. (b)

   to the captains of vessels flying its flag or registered under its plenary jurisdiction who are, or are likely to be, concerned by application of the first subparagraph of this footnote; the information shall be forwarded in the most appropriate way, for example through radio-consultation centres, rescue coordination centres or coastal radio stations.