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title: "DoI-China-EN: Declaration Of Intent"
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description: "Official Cospas-Sarsat P-series document DoI-China-EN"
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# Extended Cospas-Sarsat metadata
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documentId: "DoI-China-EN"
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series: "P"
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seriesName: "Programme"
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documentType: "programme"
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documentDate: "July 1988"
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> **📋 Document Information**
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> **Series:** P-Series (Programme)
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> **Date:** July 1988
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> **Source:** [Cospas-Sarsat Official Documents](https://www.cospas-sarsat.int/en/documents-pro/system-documents)
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**DECLARATION OF INTENT**
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**BETWEEN THE CO-OPERATING AGENCIES**
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**OF THE INTERNATIONAL COSPAS-SARSAT PROGRAMME AND THE**
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**MARITIME SAFETY ADMINISTRATION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA**
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**FOR CO-OPERATION ON THE COSPAS-SARSAT MEDIUM-ALTITUDE EARTH**
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**ORBIT SEARCH AND RESCUE (MEOSAR) SATELLITE SYSTEM**
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The Co-operating Agencies of the International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme and the Maritime
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Safety Administration of the People’s Republic of China, hereinafter referred to as the Signatories:
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NOTING the successful implementation of the COSPAS-SARSAT search-and-rescue Satellite
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System currently operated under the terms of the International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme
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Agreement, done at Paris on 1 July 1988;
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NOTING the continued operation of the COSPAS-SARSAT System and its significant
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international contribution to the saving of human lives for more than forty years through the use
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of search-and-rescue instruments on satellites in low-altitude Earth orbit (LEOSAR) and
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geostationary Earth orbit (GEOSAR);
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NOTING the commitment of the COSPAS-SARSAT Parties to the Agreement to assure the longterm operation of the COSPAS-SARSAT System and access to this System to all States on a nondiscriminatory basis, and free of charge to the end-user in distress;
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RECOGNIZING that parallel efforts are being undertaken by the COSPAS-SARSAT Parties, the
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European Union, and the People’s Republic of China in the investigation of enhancing global
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satellite-aided search and rescue by placing 406-MHz transponders on the satellites of Global
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Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) in medium-altitude Earth orbit, known as BDS, GALILEO,
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GLONASS and GPS;
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NOTING the COSPAS-SARSAT Council decisions, reflected in document C/S R.012,
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“COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz MEOSAR Implementation Plan”, to ensure that new MEOSAR
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satellite constellations would be compatible with the existing COSPAS-SARSAT System, and to
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the greatest extent possible, interoperable at the user level；
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RECOGNIZING that it is desirable for the Russian Federation, the United States of America, the
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European Union and the People’s Republic of China to coordinate planning and development of
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their MEOSAR satellite constellations (including GNSS elements related to COSPAS-SARSAT
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System) to ensure that their satellite constellations will be compatible with the existing COSPASSARSAT System, and to the greatest extent possible, interoperable at the user level;
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NOTING the COSPAS-SARSAT Parties’ desire to co-operate at relevant COSPAS-SARSAT fora
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on matters related to the use by global search-and-rescue services of the distress-location services
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developed using the BDS,GALILEO, GLONASS and GPS platforms;
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NOTING that the People’s Republic of China, through the implementation of a SAR/BDS
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programme (search-and-rescue distress alerting using its BDS spacecraft and compatible ground
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segment), aims to become one of the providers of space and ground segments of the
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COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR system;
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NOTING FURTHER the decisions made by the Council at its Fifty-Ninth Session in February
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2018 to include the SAR/BDS payloads, intended to be provided by the People’s Republic of China,
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into the document C/S R.012, “COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz MEOSAR Implementation Plan”,
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and the intention to formally recognize the above noted contribution of the People’s Republic of
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China into the MEOSAR space segment of the Cospas-Sarsat System;
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DECLARE their intent as follows:
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**1.** **Definitions**
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- “ **Agreement** ” means the International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme Agreement, done at
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Paris on 1 July 1988.
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- **“BDS”** means the medium-altitude Earth-orbit global navigation satellite system being
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developed and implemented by the People’s Republic of China.
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- **“Compatibility”** means that the MEOSAR components are capable of orderly and efficient
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integration and operation with the COSPAS-SARSAT System, and that they are able to
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coexist on a non-interfering basis with each other and with the existing COSPAS-SARSAT
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System.
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- **“Co-operating Agencies”** means the agencies designated by the four COSPAS-SARSAT
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Parties for the purpose of implementing the Programme.
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- **“COSPAS-SARSAT Parties”** means the Parties to the Agreement (i.e., Canada, the
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Republic of France, the Russian Federation and the United States of America).
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- **“COSPAS-SARSAT System”** means the satellite-aided search-and-rescue (SAR) system
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comprising:
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a) the low-altitude Earth-orbiting satellites of the LEOSAR space segment described in
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Article 3 of the Agreement;
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b) the medium-altitude Earth-orbiting satellites of the MEOSAR space segment, as
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decided by the Council pursuant to Article 3.2 of the Agreement;
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c) the geostationary Earth-orbiting satellites of the GEOSAR space segment, as decided
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by the Council pursuant to Article 3.2 of the Agreement;
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d) the ground segment established by the COSPAS-SARSAT Parties or by Ground
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Segment Providers under the terms of the Agreement, including Local User
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Terminals operating with the LEOSAR, MEOSAR and GEOSAR satellites and
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Mission Control Centres (MCCs); and
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e) radiobeacons operating at 406-MHz frequencies as described at Article 3 of the
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Agreement, including the radiobeacons authorized by User States under the terms of
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the Agreement, or by other States that avail themselves of the System.
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**-** **“Council”** means the COSPAS-SARSAT Council established pursuant to the Agreement.
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**-** **“Declaration”** means the present Declaration of Intent between the Co-operating Agencies
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of the International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme and the Maritime Safety Administration
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of the People’s Republic of China for Co-operation on the Medium-altitude Earth Orbit
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Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) satellite system.
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**-** **“GALILEO”** means the medium-altitude Earth-orbit global navigation satellite system
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established under the Galileo Programme being developed and implemented by the European
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Union.
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**-** **“Global Positioning System (GPS)”** means the medium-altitude Earth orbit global
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navigation satellite system operated and maintained by the United States of America.
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**-** **“GLONASS”** means the medium-altitude Earth orbit global navigation satellite system
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operated and maintained by the Russian Federation.
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**-** **“Interoperability”** means that the components of the MEOSAR system conform to a
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common architecture and comply with mutually decided upon performance standards, and
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that similar satellite downlink characteristics allow ground stations to track satellites and
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process signals from all MEOSAR satellite constellations.
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**-** **“MEOSAR component provider”** means each of the COSPAS-SARSAT Parties and other
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COSPAS-SARSAT space segment providers that contribute to the MEOSAR space segment
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in accordance with the relevant COSPAS-SARSAT documents signed under authorization
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of the COSPAS-SARSAT Parties.
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**-** **“MEOSAR system”** means the 406-MHz SAR instruments on BDS, GALILEO,
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GLONASS, and GPS medium-altitude Earth orbit navigation satellite systems, and the
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ground segment for receiving, processing and distributing data from 406-MHz radiobeacon
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transmissions.
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**-** **“MEOSAR Early Operational Capability (EOC) phase”** means the MEOSAR
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operational phase prior to Initial Operational Capability (IOC), declared by the Council to
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commence at 13:00 UTC on 13 December 2016, with the following characteristics and
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capabilities:
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- the successful commissioning of all nodal MCCs, or their backup MCCs, to manage
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MEOSAR data, and successful commissioning of at least one Local User Terminal of the
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MEOSAR system (MEOLUT) associated with a commissioned MCC;
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- the capability to distribute operational MEOSAR data among commissioned
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LEOSAR/GEOSAR/MEOSAR (LGM) capable MCCs;
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- approval by the Council of either the MEOSAR Demonstration and Evaluation Phase I and
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II test reports, or recommendations from the COSPAS-SARSAT Joint Committee, that
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validate initial MEOSAR performance such that the COSPAS-SARSAT System could
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allow the operational use of the MEOSAR data;
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- the notification sent by the Council to the International Civil Aviation Organization
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(ICAO), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and national Administrations of
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the beginning of EOC; and
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- the availability of commissioned LGM MCCs having the capability to transmit, and all
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MCCs (both LEOSAR/GEOSAR and LGM) having the capability to receive, MEOSAR
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alert data in accordance with document C/S A.001, “COSPAS-SARSAT Data Distribution
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Plan”.
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**-** **“MEOSAR Initial Operational Capability (IOC) phase”** means the MEOSAR
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operational phase prior to Full Operational Capability (FOC), declared by the Council, with
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the following characteristics and capabilities:
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- SAR transponders installed aboard medium-altitude Earth orbit (MEO) satellites, relaying
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406-MHz radiobeacon signals to MEOLUTs, when such facilities have been formally
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commissioned into the COSPAS-SARSAT System;
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- MEOLUTs generate beacon detection and localisation data to provide to the
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COSPAS-SARSAT network of MCCs for use operationally by those MCCs to support
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SAR operations;
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- the MEOSAR IOC coverage may not be global and therefore the COSPAS-SARSAT
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System relies on the complementarity among the LEOSAR, GEOSAR and MEOSAR
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system components.
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**-** **“MEOSAR Full Operational Capability (FOC) phase”** means the operational phase of
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the MEOSAR system, declared by Council, with the following characteristics and
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capabilities:
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- SAR transponders installed aboard MEO satellites, relaying 406-MHz radiobeacon signals
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to MEOLUTs, when such facilities have been formally commissioned into the
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COSPAS-SARSAT System;
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- MEOLUTs generate beacon detection and localisation data to provide to the
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COSPAS-SARSAT network of MCCs, commissioned for MEOSAR, for use operationally
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by those MCCs to support SAR operations;
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- the MEOSAR FOC coverage is global and therefore the COSPAS-SARSAT System can
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rely entirely on the MEOSAR system for the provision of COSPAS-SARSAT services.
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**-** **“Programme”** means those activities carried out by the COSPAS-SARSAT Parties under
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the terms of the Agreement, to provide, operate and coordinate the COSPAS-SARSAT
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System in accordance with the Agreement.
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**2.** **Objective and Scope of the Declaration**
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2.1 The Signatories intend to co-operate in the EOC, IOC and FOC phases of the MEOSAR
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system in order to make available on an operational basis the detection and localization data
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from commissioned MEOSAR system facilities and ultimately deploy a fully operational
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MEOSAR system.
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2.2 The scope of this Declaration covers all the EOC `，` IOC and FOC phases of the MEOSAR
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system implementation and operation.
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**3.** **Principles of Co-operation**
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3.1 Nothing in this Declaration is intended to imply any required exchange of resources or
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technology among the Signatories for the implementation of their co-operation under the
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present Declaration.
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3.2 The Signatories expect each MEOSAR component provider to fund the development and
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operation of its respective contribution, which may include components for relaying,
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receiving and processing the 406 MHz radiobeacon transmissions.
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3.3 The Signatories understand that there will be no exchange of funds under this Declaration.
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3.4 The Signatories intend to carry out the co-ordination and actions necessary to achieve
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compatibility with the existing COSPAS-SARSAT System and interoperability between
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MEOSAR components as outlined in document C/S R.012 “COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz
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MEOSAR Implementation Plan”.
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**4.** **Radio Frequency Coordination**
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4.1 The Signatories intend to co-operate to ensure that MEOSAR space segment is designed and
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developed to successfully process the transmissions of 406-MHz radiobeacons that meet
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either the requirements of document C/S T.001 “Specification for COSPAS-SARSAT 406
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MHz Distress Beacons”, or document C/S T.018, “Specification for Second-Generation
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Cospas-Sarsat 406-MHz Distress Beacons”, and to ensure that their contributions:
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a) do not cause harmful interference to the existing LEOSAR and GEOSAR systems;
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b) do not cause harmful interference to other components of the MEOSAR system;
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c) do not cause harmful interference to other existing systems operating within or outside
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the downlink frequency band; and
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d) allow interoperability at both the ground station and user levels.
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4.2 The Signatories note that the interoperability parameters are given in document C/S R.012
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“COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz MEOSAR Implementation Plan”.
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4.3 The Signatories intend to co-operate in accordance with the legal framework of the
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International Telecommunication Union, including as well as with its recommendations.
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**5.** **COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR EOC, IOC and FOC Phases**
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5.1 The Signatories intend to exchange status and implementation-progress information during
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the MEOSAR EOC, IOC and FOC phases. The Signatories intend to work jointly to update
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the document C/S R.012 “COSPAS-SARSAT 406 MHz MEOSAR Implementation Plan”
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to maintain it in the most current state practicable.
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5.2 To contribute to the COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR EOC, IOC and FOC phases, the
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Maritime Safety Administration of the People’s Republic of China intends through the
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government of the People’s Republic of China:
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a) to deploy 406-MHz SAR transponders embarked on the BDS satellites in the EOC and
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IOC phase, and plan to provide a minimum constellation size of six operational
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SAR/BDS transponders at the time of entry into the MEOSAR FOC phase;
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b) to deploy a SAR/BDS ground segment, consisting of one MEOLUT and related
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facilities; and
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c) to commission the SAR/BDS space and ground segments according to the
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COSPAS-SARSAT commissioning standards.
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5.3 In the context of the COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR EOC, IOC and FOC phases, the
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Co-operating Agencies intend:
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a) to co-operate in the commissioning of the SAR/BDS ground segment within the
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COSPAS-SARSAT System including co-operation in the preparation of necessary
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Council documents once demonstration has been made of the compliance of the
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SAR/BDS ground segment with the MEOLUT specifications and commissioning
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standards; and
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b) to co-operate with the Maritime Safety Administration of the People’s Republic of
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China in its objective to declare, when ready, the SAR/BDS service at EOC, IOC and
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FOC status defined by COSPAS-SARSAT Council, and to recognize commissioned
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SAR/BDS facilities as an operational contribution to the COSPAS-SARSAT System.
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**6.** **Modalities**
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The Signatories recognize that their co-operation under this Declaration is intended to be
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implemented within the framework of the existing Programme management structure, defined by
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the Council and detailed in document C/S P.011, “COSPAS-SARSAT Programme Management
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Policy”, and consistent with the instruments of association with the Programme deposited by the
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on 15 September 1992 and
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26 February 1997 (respectively, as a User State and as a Ground Segment Provider) in accordance
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with document C/S P.002, “Procedure for the Notification of Association with the International
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Cospas-Sarsat Programme by States Non-Party to the Cospas-Sarsat Agreement”.
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**7.** **International Fora**
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The Signatories also intend to co-operate on matters of mutual interest related to satellite-aided
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search-and-rescue which are considered within the framework of the International Civil Aviation
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Organization, the International Maritime Organization, the International Telecommunication
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Union, and other involved (participating / interested / observer-status) organizations.
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**8.** **Status**
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This Declaration is not a binding international arrangement and does not create for the Signatories
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rights and obligations governed by international law, neither does it supersede in any way the
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instruments of association of 15 September 1992 and 26 February 1997 mentioned in Section 6 above.
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**9.** **Final Provisions**
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9.1 This Declaration applies on the date thirty (30) days after the last signature for a period of
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ten (10) years. It is automatically renewed for successive ten-year terms unless a Signatory
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withdraws or the Signatories collectively determine otherwise.
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9.2 This Declaration may be amended by the Signatories by their mutual written consent.
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9.3 A Signatory may cease its activities within the scope of this Declaration at any time by a
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written notice to the other Signatories.
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Signed in 6 (six) originals in each of the English, French and Russian languages, each version
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being equally valid.
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**For the Maritime Safety Administration of the People’s Republic of China**
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/s/ Li Guoping______________________
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**For the National SAR Secretariat (NSS), Co-operating Agency of Canada**
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/s/ Henrik Smith____________________
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**For the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Co-operating Agency of the French**
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**Republic**
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/s/ Bruno Chazal____________________
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**For Federal State Unitary Enterprise Morsviazsputnik, Co-operating Agency of the Russian**
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**Federation**
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/s/ Andrey Kuropyatnikov_____________
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**For the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Co-operating Agency**
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**of the United States of America**
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/s/ Mark Turner______________________
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14 November 2022 |