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CERTIFICATE OF TYPE APPROVAL

ISSUED ON BEHALF OF TRANSPORT CANADA
This is to certify that

The product detailed below will be accepted for compliance with the applicable Lloyd’s Register Rules and
Regulations with regards to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, (SOLAS), 1974, as
amended, for use on ships and offshore installations classed with Lloyd’s Register, and for use on ships and
offshore installations when authorised by Transport Canada to issue the relevant certificates, licences, permits etc.

Manufacturer WesCom Signal and Rescue Germany GmbH

Address Vielander Weg 147

27574, Bremerhaven
Germany

Type Pyrotechnic Distress Signal - Three minute Buoyant Orange Smoke Signal

Description Pains Wessex Lifesmoke MK9 Art. No. 9537000

Comet Smoke Signal, Orange, Art No. 9192000

Specified Standard LSA Code I/1.2 & III/3

MSC.81(70),Part 1, as amended,
TP 14475E

The attached Design Appraisal Document forms part of this certificate.

This certificate remains valid unless cancelled or revoked, provided the conditions in the attached Design
Appraisal Document are complied with and the equipment remains satisfactory in service.

Date of issue 9 May 2018 Expiry date 27 July 2022

Certificate No. LRTC 0000159/M1 Signed Lloyd's Register EMEA

LR427.2013.12

Sheet No 1 of 3 Name L. Thomas

Surveyor to Lloyd’s Register EMEA
A Member of the Lloyd’s Register Group
Note:

This certificate is not valid for equipment, the design or manufacture of which has been varied or modified
from the specimen tested. The manufacturer should notify Lloyd’s Register of any modification or changes to
the equipment in order to obtain a valid Certificate.

Lloyd's Register Group Limited, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or agents are, individually and collectively, referred to in this clause as
the 'Lloyd's Register'. Lloyd's Register assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable to any person for any loss, damage or expense caused by reliance on the information
or advice in this document or howsoever provided, unless that person has signed a contract with the relevant Lloyd's Register entity for the provision of this information or
advice and in that case any responsibility or liability is exclusively on the terms and conditions set out in that contract.

This is a copy of an electronic document. In the event of any conflict or ambiguity between the copy and the electronic document,
which is retained and published by Lloyd's Register, the original electronic and certified version shall always prevail.
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Date Quote this reference on all future communications
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ATTACHMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF TYPE APPROVAL No. LRTC 0000159/M1

The undernoted documents have been appraised for compliance with the relevant requirements of
International Conventions, and this Design Appraisal Document forms part of the Certificate.

This Design Appraisal Document forms part of the Certificate.

This certificate is an amendment of LRTC 0000159.

EXAMINED DOCUMENTATION

Drawing 5887 Rev.01 ID-No. BAM-P1-0191 SOLAS Smoke Signal, orange, 3 min., Art.9192000, 537000;
dated July 2015
Comet Marine Distress Signal data sheet; Smoke Signal Orange Art. No. 9192000

TEST REPORTS

Evaluation and Test Report, Smoke Signal, Orange; witnessed by BG-Verkehr; dated 29.11.16

CONDITIONS OF CERTIFICATION

1. The Buoyant Orange Smoke Signal is to be permanently marked with the month and year of
manufacture, as well as its lot number and date of expiry on its casing
2. The instructions for operating the Buoyant Orange Smoke Signal are to be permanently marked on its
casing or the signal is to carry a diagram clearly showing the manner of operating the signal as
required by paragraph 3.1.1.2 of the TP14475E
3. Each Buoyant Orange Smoke Signal is to be marked with the information required by LSA Code,
regulations 1.2.2.9
4. If the specified standards are amended during the validity of this certificate, this product type is to be
re-approved prior to it being supplied to vessels to which the amended standards apply
5. Production items are to be manufactured in accordance with a quality control system which shall be
maintained to ensure that items are of the same standard as the approved prototype
6. Production tests are to be conducted in accordance with the applicable requirements of IMO
Resolution MSC.81 (70), Part 2, Paragraph 1.2. This does not preclude any further testing to
additional requirements of the Marine Administration of the country where the ship is registered (i.e.
the flag state) or those acting on behalf of that Administration
7. All instructions or markings that accompany life-saving appliances or are printed directly on the
appliances must be in both English and French, as per Canadian procedures for approval of life-
saving appliances and fire safety systems, equipment and products document no. TP 14612E
(05/2011) paragraph 2.2.1.3. However independent signage can be accepted in lieu of the instructions
or marking required in paragraph 2.2.1.3 if it is in both English and French, highly visible (size,
colour, posting location), water and weather proof and posted at each muster station and where the
appliance is stored

This is a copy of an electronic document. In the event of any conflict or ambiguity between the copy and the electronic document,
which is retained and published by Lloyd's Register, the original electronic and certified version shall always prevail.
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71 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 4BS Document number
Telephone 020 7423 2416 Fax 020 7423 2053 LRTC 0000159/M1
Email [email protected] Issue number
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DESIGN APPRAISAL DOCUMENT
Date Quote this reference on all future communications
9 May 2018 SOUTSO/SFS/TA/LT/WP31542146

ATTACHMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF TYPE APPROVAL No. LRTC 0000159/M1

8. This approval is given on the understanding that Lloyd’s Register reserves the right to require
checks/tests to be carried out at any time and that the manufacturer of the product will accept
responsibility for informing ship owners of proper methods of use, maintenance and the conditions of
this approval
9. Should a change of Place of Production from that stated below be required i.e. where the stages of
manufacture/assembly/testing of this product take place, the new Place of Production is to be
advised to us prior to the change taking place. This Certificate will require to be updated for
Approval to be maintained

PLACE OF PRODUCTION

WesCom Signal and Rescue Germany GmbH

Vielander Weg, 147
27574 Bremerhaven
Germany

Lloyd's Register EMEA

LR427.2013.12

Lijo Thomas
Senior Specialist
Statutory Fire & Safety
Southampton Technical Support Office, Marine & Offshore
Lloyd’s Register EMEA

Supplementary Type Approval Terms and Conditions

This certificate and Design Appraisal Document relates to type approval, it certifies that the prototype(s) of the
product(s) referred to herein has/have been found to meet the applicable design criteria for the use specified herein, it
does not mean or imply approval for any other use, nor approval of any products designed or manufactured
otherwise than in strict conformity with the said prototype(s).

This is a copy of an electronic document. In the event of any conflict or ambiguity between the copy and the electronic document,
which is retained and published by Lloyd's Register, the original electronic and certified version shall always prevail.