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 54 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATION-APR. 8, 1938 1577 exactly at fixed times and on specified wavelengths, but the adminis- trations accept no responsibility for the consequence of inexact bear- ings obtained by means of the radiobeacons of that service, or those of defective operation or cessation of operation of the radiobeacon. [767] §17. (1) The administrations shall notify, for insertion in the nomenclature of stations operating special services, the characteristics of each radiobeacon proper, and of each station designated to operate as a radiobeacon, including, if necessary, indications of the sectors in which bearings are normally reliable. [768] (2) Any modification or irregularity of operation occurring in the radiobeacon service must be published without delay; if the modification or irregularity of operation is of a permanent nature, it must be reported to the Bureau of the Union. [769] (3) (a) Coast stations of countries where radiobeacons are in service shall transmit daily, in case of need, notices of changes or irregularities in operation, until the normal operation of the radiobeacon or radiobeacons is re- sumed, or, if a permanent change is made, until it can be reasonably believed that all the navigators concerned have been advised. [770] (b) In case of permanent changes, or irregularities of long duration, the aforementioned information shall be pub- lished in the notices to navigators within the shortest possible time. ARTICLE 33 InternationalRadio Consulting Committee (C. C . I. R.) [771] §1. An International Radio Consulting Committee (C. C. I. R.) cOnsultinR doBi shall be charged with the study of technical radio questions and 'te operating questions the solution of which depends principally upon considerations of a technical character. [772] §2. (1) It shall be formed of experts of the contracting admin- istrations and of private operating enterprises or groups of private operating enterprises recognized by the respective contracting gov- ernments, which state their desire to participate in its work and undertake to contribute to the common expense of its meetings. [773] (2) International organizations interested in radio studies, which shall have been designated by the last plenipotentiary or ad- ministrative conference, which state their desire to participate in its work, and which undertake to contribute to the common expenses of the meetings. shall also be admitted.' [779] 1 The international organizations designated by the Cairo Conference are the following: 1. Association internationale des interets radiomaritimes (A. I. I . R. M .); 2. Commission internationale de navigation aerienne (C. I. N . A.); 3. Comite international radiomaritime (C. I. R. M.); 4. International Amateur Radio Union (I. A. R . U .); 5. Union internationale de radiodiffusion (U. I. R .).

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