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31/3/05

Transmittal Note

SUPPLEMENT TO

ANNEX 12 — SEARCH AND RESCUE

(Eighth Edition)

1. The attached Supplement supersedes all previous Supplements to Annex 12 and includes differences notified by
Contracting States up to 31 March 2005.

2. This Supplement should be inserted at the end of Annex 12, Eighth Edition. Additional differences and revised
comments received from Contracting States will be issued at intervals as amendments to this Supplement.

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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 12 — EIGHTH EDITION

SEARCH AND RESCUE

Differences between the national regulations and practices of States and the
corresponding International Standards and Recommended Practices contained in
Annex 12, as notified to ICAO in accordance with Article 38 of the Convention on
International Civil Aviation and the Council’s resolution of 21 November 1950.

MARCH 2005

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION


(ii) SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 12 (EIGHTH EDITION)

RECORD OF AMENDMENTS TO SUPPLEMENT

No. Date Entered by No. Date Entered by

AMENDMENTS TO ANNEX 12 ADOPTED OR APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL


SUBSEQUENT TO THE EIGHTH EDITION ISSUED JULY 2004

Date of Date of
adoption or Date adoption or
No. approval applicable No. approval Date applicable

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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 12 (EIGHTH EDITION) (iii)

1. Contracting States which have notified ICAO of differences

The Contracting States listed below have notified ICAO of differences which exist between their national regulations
and practices and the International Standards and Recommended Practices of Annex 12 (Eighth Edition), up to and
including Amendment 17, or have commented on implementation.

The page numbers shown for each State and the dates of publication of those pages correspond to the actual pages in
this Supplement.

Date of Pages in Date of


State Notification Supplement publication

Canada 18/10/04 1 31/3/05


France 14/10/04 1 31/3/05
United Kingdom 11/6/04 1 31/3/05
Vanuatu 11/6/04 1 31/3/05

2. Contracting States which have notified ICAO that no differences exist

Date of Date of
State Notification State notification

Argentina 20/10/04 Philippines 7/7/04


Australia 5/8/04 Poland 22/8/04
Bahrain 24/10/04 Republic of Korea 10/6/04
Barbados 15/4/04 Republic of Moldova 10/5/04
Belarus 12/11/04 Romania 25/10/04
Bolivia 9/7/04 Seychelles 7/5/04
China (Hong Kong SAR) 17/11/04 Singapore 22/7/04
Denmark 27/5/04 Slovakia 26/10/04
Dominican Republic 28/7/04 Sri Lanka 20/8/04
Estonia 5/10/04 Sweden 22/10/04
Guatemala 12/7/04 Switzerland 14/5/04
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2/11/04 The former Yugoslav Republic 2/6/04
Jordan 30/8/04 of Macedonia
Latvia 15/6/04 Tunisia 7/12/04
Marshall Islands 14/6/04 Turkey 13/7/04
Netherlands 22/9/04 Uganda 23/6/04
Pakistan 10/7/04

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3. Contracting States from which no information has been received

Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Lebanon Saint Kitts and Nevis


Albania the Congo Lesotho Saint Lucia
Algeria Djibouti Liberia Saint Vincent and the
Andorra Ecuador Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Grenadines
Angola Egypt Lithuania Samoa
Antigua and Barbuda El Salvador Luxembourg San Marino
Armenia Equatorial Guinea Madagascar Sao Tome and Principe
Austria Eritrea Malawi Saudi Arabia
Azerbaijan Ethiopia Malaysia Senegal
Bahamas Fiji Maldives Serbia and Montenegro
Bangladesh Finland Mali Sierra Leone
Belgium Gabon Malta Slovenia
Belize Gambia Mauritania Solomon Islands
Benin Georgia Mauritius Somalia
Bhutan Germany Mexico South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ghana Micronesia (Federated Spain
Botswana Greece States of) Sudan
Brazil Grenada Monaco Suriname
Brunei Darussalam Guinea Mongolia Swaziland
Bulgaria Guinea-Bissau Morocco Syrian Arab Republic
Burkina Faso Guyana Mozambique Tajikistan
Burundi Haiti Myanmar Thailand
Cambodia Honduras Namibia Togo
Cameroon Hungary Nauru Tonga
Cape Verde Iceland Nepal Trinidad and Tobago
Central African Republic India New Zealand Turkmenistan
Chad Indonesia Nicaragua Ukraine
Chile Iraq Niger United Arab Emirates
China Ireland Nigeria United Republic of
Colombia Israel Norway Tanzania
Comoros Italy Oman United States
Congo Jamaica Palau Uruguay
Cook Islands Japan Panama Uzbekistan
Costa Rica Kazakhstan Papua New Guinea Venezuela
Côte d Ivoire Kenya Paraguay Viet Nam
Croatia Kiribati Peru Yemen
Cuba Kuwait Portugal Zambia
Cyprus Kyrgyzstan Qatar Zimbabwe
Czech Republic Lao People s Democratic Russian Federation
Democratic People s Republic Rwanda
Republic of Korea

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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 12 (EIGHTH EDITION) (v)

4. Paragraphs with respect to which differences have been notified

Differences Differences
Paragraph notified by Paragraph notified by

Definitions United Kingdom Appendix


Vanuatu
2.1 Canada
2.6.8 Canada

5.2.3 France

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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 12 (EIGHTH EDITION) CANADA 1

CHAPTER 2

2.6.8* The airdrop of survival equipment requires qualified personnel who are available only at
aerodromes where SAR aircraft are based; hence, survival equipment for air dropping is not
provided elsewhere.

Appendix

2.1 In addition to the five international ground-air visual signal codes outlined, four additional signals
are required for use within Canada only:

LL — All is well
F — Require food and water
L — Require fuel and oil
W — Need repairs

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* Recommended Practice

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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 12 (EIGHTH EDITION) FRANCE 1

CHAPTER 5

5.2.3 i) The competent area control centre (ACC), not the rescue coordination centre (RCC), is responsible
for notifying the appropriate accident investigation authorities about the distress phase.

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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 12 (EIGHTH EDITION) UNITED KINGDOM 1

CHAPTER 1

Definitions Pilot-in-command. In United Kingdom legislation, pilot-in-command in relation to an aircraft


means a person who for the time being is in charge of piloting the aircraft without being under the
direction of any other pilot in the aircraft.

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SUPPLEMENT TO ANNEX 12 (EIGHTH EDITION) VANUATU 1

CHAPTER 1

Definitions Pilot-in-command. In relation to any aircraft means the pilot responsible for the operation and
safety of the aircraft.

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