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SafetyNET channel. Issuing Services
or Coordinators are then able to disseminate
through this channel MSI
prepared for a whole Metarea, a circular
or a rectangular area (Figures 5
and 6).
The WMO contribution to the
GMDSS is coordinated by JCOMM,
with the support of the meteorological
Issuing Services, through two
specific expert teams from the Services
Programme Area :
The Expert Team on Maritime
Safety Services (ETMSS) for the
dissemination of warnings and
weather and sea bulletins according
to a broadcast schedule.
In particular, the ETMSS has a mandate
to:
• Monitor and review the operations
of marine broadcast systems, not
only for the GMDSS, but also for
others related to vessels not covered
by the SOLAS convention;
• Monitor and review the technical
and service quality standards for
meteorological and oceanographic
maritime safety information (particularly
for the GMDSS); and
• Implement appropriate actions to
ensure that feedback from user
communities is obtained through
appropriate and organized channels
and applied to improve the relevance,
effectiveness and quality of
services;
The ETMSS has to prepare and
submit both regulatory (what Member
States shall do) and guidance
(what Member States should do)
material regarding meteorological/
oceanographic MSI;
The Expert Team on Marine Accident
Emergency Support
(ETMAES) for the provision, to
Figure 5 — SafetyNET message addressed to a circular area
(Copyright UK Hydrographic Office, issued from Admiralty List of Radio Signals, Vol. 5)
Figure 6 — SafetyNET message addressed to a rectangular area
(Copyright UK Hydrographic Office, issued from Admiralty List of Radio Signals, Vol. 5)
national or international authorities
(including Navareas co-ordinators),
of specific meteorological
and oceanographic
information in case of marine
pollution or SAR operations.
The ETMAES has a mandate to:
• Monitor and improve the WMO
Marine Pollution Emergency
Response Support System
(MPERSS) implementation and
operations;
• Monitor requirements and improve
provision of meteorological and