14 APPENDIX 2 Additional provisions relating to maritime telecommunications 2/1 1 General 2/2 The provisions contained in Article 6 and Appendix 1, taking into account the relevant ITU-T Recommendations, shall also apply to maritime telecommunications when establishing and settling accounts under this Appendix, insofar as the following provisions do not provide otherwise. 2/3 2 Accounting authority 2/4 2.1 Charges for maritime telecommunications in the maritime mobile service and the maritime mobile-satellite service shall, in principle, and subject to national law and practice, be collected from the maritime mobile station licensee: 2/5 a) by the administration that has issued the licence; or 2/6 b) by an authorized operating agency; or 2/7 c) by any other entity or entities designated for this purpose by the administration referred to in a) above. 2/8 2.2 The administration or the authorized operating agency or the designated entity or entities listed in 2.1 above are referred to in this Appendix as the “accounting authority”. 2/9 2.3 References to authorized operating agency contained in Article 6 and Appendix 1 shall be read as “accounting authority” when applying the provisions of Article 6 and Appendix 1 to maritime telecommunications. 2/10 2.4 Member States shall designate their accounting authority or authorities for the purposes of implementing this Appendix and notify their names, identification codes and addresses to the Secretary-General for inclusion in the List of Ship Stations and Maritime Mobile Service Identity Assignments. The number of such names and addresses shall be limited, taking into account the relevant ITU-T Recommendations. 2/11 3 Establishment of accounts 2/12 3.1 In principle, an account shall be considered as accepted without the need for specific notification of acceptance to the service provider that sent it. 2/13 3.2 However, any accounting authority has the right to question the contents of an account for a period of six calendar months after dispatch of the account, even after the account has been paid.