INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
The International
Electrotechnical Commmission (IEC) is a worldwide organization
for standardization, comprising all national electrotechnical
committees (IEC National Committees).
Technical Committee No. 80
Technical Committee 80 - the
Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunications Equipment and
Systems - develops standards for maritime navigation and
radiocommunication equipment and systems making use of electrotechnical,
electronic, electroacoustic, electro-optical and data processing
techniques, based upon the recommendations for such equipment
from the International Maritime Organization and International
Telecommunications Union. IEC TC80 standards are used
in type approval/certification of equipment by national authorities
such as the US Coast Guard and US Federal Communications Commission.
The national standards organizations of 19 participating countries
(Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea (Rep.of), Netherlands, Norway,
Romania, Russian Fed., Sweden, UK, USA) comprise the voting
membership of IEC TC80. Australia is considering participation
membership.
TC80 Working Groups
- WG 1: Shipborne radar/ARPA (disbanded)
- WG 4A: Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS)
- WG 6: Digital interfaces for navigational equipment within
a ship
- WG 7A: Electronic Chart Systems
- WG 8: Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (disbanded)
- WG 8A/14: Shipborne (SOLAS & non-SOLAS) and shore-based
automatic identification system (AIS)
TC80 Maintenance Teams
- MT 3: Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems
(ECDIS)
TC80 Documents and Voting
Register
A current listing of TC80 documents
and the voting register, including published new stardards,
new work programs and draft standards being voted, vote closing
date, and how the US voted, is now publicly available in Acrobat
PDF form. Items marked in red indicate a pending vote.
US National Committee
The American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the U.S. National
Committee for IEC. The US Coast Guard acts as both the
Technical Advisor and Technical Advisory Group Administrator
for the USNC to IEC TC80. ANSI requires that all participants
in IEC TC80 working groups be registered as members of the
USNC TC80 Technical Advisory Group and pay a TAG fee of approximately
$300 per person per year (ANSI will invoice participants directly).
Participants for invoicing purposes include voting members,
U.S. experts on related TC Working Groups, U.S. delegates
to related TC meetings, and corresponding members. Membership
is open to all U.S. national interested parties who indicate
that they are directly and materially affected by the activity
of the U.S. technical advisory group. If you reside
in the USA and wish to be included in the US TC80 TAG Roster,
send an email to CGComms
with your request, including your name, address, phone and
fax number. US nationals not listed on the TAG roster
may not attend TC80 working group meetings.
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