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The testing laboratory of the BSH tests the suitability of navigation and radio-communication equipment for shipboard use and their on-board performance on the basis of international and national standards.
Type testing is carried out upon request. An application has to be filed by the equipment manufacturer or his authorized representative established within the Community, and an EC- or national certificate is issued after successful completion of the tests.
In January 1999, the testing laboratory of the department Maritime Shipping of the BSH was accredited in accordance to the european standard EN 45001 and was assigned the status of a notified body , since 01 March 2009 BSH -Cert, entitled to carry out conformity
assessments (sea Certification) of Navigation and Radio-communication equipment, in accordance with EC Directive 96/98 on Marine Equipment.
Approvals in accordance with Marine Equipment Directive annex A.1 granted by the BSH / BSH-Cert are valid in the entire EC. Since April 2002 the accreditation based on the international standard DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025.
BSH-Cert carries out inspections at manufacturing plants to verify the conformity of currently produced Navigation and Radio-communication equipment with approved types.
General information on the validity of Certificates of Conformity according to Directive 96/98/EC.
EC-Conformity Assessments
in accordance to the Maritime Equipment Directive 96/98/EC, last modified with directive 2009/26/EC are performed on the following navigational and radio communication equipment:
- A.1/1.2 Position-indicating lights for life-saving appliances
- A.1/1.33 Radar reflector for lifeboats and rescue boats
- A.1/1.38 Searchlights for use in lifeboats and rescue boats
- A.1/4.1 Magnetic compass
- A.1/4.2 Transmitting heading device THD(magnetic method)
- A.1/4.3 Gyro compass
- A.1/4.6 Echo-sounding equipment
- A.1/4.7 Speed and distance measuring equipment (SDME)
- A.1/4.9 Rate-of-turn indicator
- A.1/4.11 Loran-C equipment
- A.1/4.12 Chayka equipment
- A.1/4.14 GPS equipment
- A.1/4.15 GLONASS equipment
- A.1/4.16 Heading control system HCS (formerly autopilot)
- A.1/4.18 9 GHz SAR transponder (SART)
- A.1/4.20 Rudder angle indicator
- A.1/4.21 Propeller revolution indicator
- A.1/4.22 Pitch indicator
- A.1/4.23 Compass for lifeboats and rescue boats
- A.1/4.29 Voyage data recorder (VDR)
- A.1/4.30 Electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) with backup, and raster chart display
system
(RCDS)
- A.1/4.31 Gyro compass for high-speed craft
- A.1/4.32 Universal automatic identification system equipment (AIS)
- A.1/4.33 Track control system
- A.1/4.34 Radar equipment CAT1 (formerly with automatic radar plotting aid ARPA)
- A.1/4.35 Radar equipment CAT2 (formerly with automatic tracking aid ATA)
- A.1/4.36 Radar equipment CAT3 (formerly with electronic plotting aid EPA)
- A.1/4.37 Radar equipment for high-speed craft (CAT1H, CAT2H, CAT3H) (formerly with automatic radar plotting aid ARPA)
- A.1/4.38 Radar equipment approved with chart option (CAT1HC, CAT2HC, CAT3HC) (formerly with automatic tracking aid, ATA, for high-speed craft)
- A.1/4.39 Radar reflector
- A.1/4.40 Heading control system for high-speed craft (formerly autopilot)
- A.1/4.41 Transmitting heading device THD (GNSS method)
- A.1/4.42 Searchlight for high-speed craft
- A.1/4.43 Night vision equipment for high-speed craft
- A.1/4.44 Differential beacon receiver for DGPS and DGLONASS equipment
- A.1/4.45 Chart facilities for shipborne radar
- A.1/4.46 Transmitting heading device THD (Gyroscopic method)
- A.1/4.47 Simplified voyage data recorder (S-VDR)
- A.1/4.48 Mechanical pilot hoist
- A.1/4.49 Pilot ledder
- A.1/4.50 DGPS equipment
- A.1/4.51 DGLONASS equipment
- A.1/5.1 VHF radio capable of transmitting and receiving DSC and radiotelephony
- A.1/5.2 VHF DSC watch-keeping receiver
- A.1/5.3 NAVTEX receiver
- A.1/5.4 EGC receiver
- A.1/5.5 HF marine safety information (MSI) equipment (HF NBDP receiver)
- A.1/5.6 406 MHzEPIRB (COSPAS-SARSAT)
- A.1/5.10 MF radio capable of transmitting and receiving DSC and radiotelephony
- A.1/5.11 MF DSC watch-keeping receiver
- A.1/5.12 INMARSAT-B SES
- A.1/5.13 INMARSAT-C SES
- A.1/5.14 MF/HF radio capable of transmitting and receiving DSC, NBDP and radiotelephony
- A.1/5.15 MF/HF DSC watch- keeping receiver
- A.1/5.16 Aeronautical two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus
- A.1/5.17 Portable Survival craft two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus
- A.1/5.18 Fixed Survival craft two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus
- A.1/5.19 INMARSAT-F SES
- A.1/6.1 Navigation lights
Application form for EC-Conformity Assessment as PDF- or WORD-
file
National Type tests
are performed on the following navigational and radio communication equipment:
- A.2/1.1 Radar reflector for liferafts
- A.2/4.4 Daylight signalling lamp
- A.2/4.11 Combined GPS/GLONASS equipment
- A.2/4.15 Integrated navigation system
- A.2/4.17 Radar target enhancer
- A.2/4.18 Sound reception system
- A.2/4.19 Magnetic compass for high-speed craft
- A.2/4.20 Track control system for high-speed craft
- A.2/4.24 Thrust indicator
- A.2/4.25 Lateral thrust, pitch and mode indicators
- A.2/4.30 Integrated bridge system
- A.2/4.31 Bearing Device
- A.2/4.32 Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System (BNWAS)
- A.2/4.33 Track control system (working at ship's speed from 30 knots and above)
- A.2/4.34 Equipment with long range identification and tracking (LRIT)
- A.2/4.35 Galileo receiver
- A.2/4.36 AIS SART equipment
- A.2/5.1 VHF EPIRB
- A.2/5.2 Radio reserve source of energy
- A.2/5.4 Distress panel
- A.2/5.5 Distress alarm or alert panel
- A.2/5.7 Ship security alert system (SSAS)
- A.2/6.2 Sound signal appliances
- Electronic chart display system (ECS)
- Data recording device (DSR)
- Data protective capsule for VDR
- Universal automatic identification system equipment (AIS) Class B, AIS Base Station, AIS AtoN Station
- Signal lights for inland navigation vessels
- Sound signal appliances for inland navigation vessels
Application form for national type test as PDF- or WORD-file
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