scope:

The present document applies to radar equipment intended for the navigation of vessels on inland waterways subject to the requirements of the Central Commission for the Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) and the Danube Commission (DC). The present document contains the minimum technical, operational and functional requirements, describes the tests and the conditions under which the tests take place in order to establish that the equipment meets these minimum requirements.

Additional facilities, which may be provided on this equipment, e.g. Inland ECDIS functions, automatic steering functions or additional interfaces, are not covered by the present document, and other appropriate standards may apply.

The installation of radar equipment intended for the navigation on inland waterways is subject to additional conditions which are described in annex D.

This radar equipment shall operate in the frequency range of 9 300 Mhz to 9 500 MHz allocated to the radio navigation service as defiied in article 5 of the Radio Regulations [6].