§ 1 All stations in the maritime mobile service and the maritime mobile-satellite service shall be capable of offering four levels of priority in the following order:
1) Distress calls, distress messages, and distress traffic.
2) Urgency communications.
3) Safety communications.
4) Other communications.
§ 2 In a fully automated system, where it is impracticable to offer all four levels of priority, category 1 shall receive priority until such time as intergovernmental agreements remove exemptions granted for such systems from offering the complete order of priority.
Notes
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