Editing Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (section)

===Registration===
All distress alerting beacons operating on 406&nbsp;MHz should be registered; all vessels and aircraft operating under [[International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea]] (SOLAS) and [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] (ICAO) regulations must register their beacons. Some national administrations (including the United States, Canada, Australia, and the UK) also require registration of 406&nbsp;MHz beacons.
* There is no charge to register 406&nbsp;MHz beacons.
* The U.S. Coast Guard warns that a user's "life may be saved as a result of registered emergency information" because it can respond more quickly to signals from registered beacons.<ref name="autogenerated1" />
* Unless the national registry authority advises otherwise, personal information contained in a beacon is used exclusively for SAR distress alert resolution purposes.

The [https://web.archive.org/web/20090628101030/http://www.cospas-sarsat.org/Documents/handbookOfBeaconRegs.htm Cospas-Sarsat Handbook of Beacon Regulations] provides the status of 406&nbsp;MHz beacon regulations in specific countries and extracts of some international regulations pertaining to 406&nbsp;MHz beacons.

The following list shows the agencies accepting 406 beacon registrations by country:
* United States – [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
* Canada – [https://www.cbr-rcb.ca/cbr/ Canadian Beacon Registry], [[CFB Trenton]] for civil beacons, CMCC for military beacons
* Australia – [[Australian Maritime Safety Authority]] (AMSA)
* United Kingdom – [[United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency]] (MCA)
* Greece – [http://www.yen.gr/ Ministry of Merchant Marine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030806020059/http://www.yen.gr/ |date=2003-08-06 }} and [[Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority]]
* France – [[CNES]]
* Italy – [http://www.cospas-sarsat-italy.it Stazione Satellitare Italiana - Cospas Sarsat]
* Netherlands – [https://web.archive.org/web/20120912013552/http://www.agentschaptelecom.nl/onderwerpen/scheepvaart/Beroepsvaart/Radionoodbakens/Personal%2BLocator%2BBeacon Agentschap Telecom (NL)]
* Denmark - [[Danish Maritime Authority]]
* New Zealand - New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre [http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/about/what-we-do/safety-and-response/RCCNZ/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170341/http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/about/what-we-do/safety-and-response/RCCNZ/ |date=2016-12-02 }}
* Switzerland - Federal Office for Civil Aviation [https://www.bazl.admin.ch/bazl/en/home/specialists/safety-risk-management/stay-safe-/recommendations--sand-/installation-and-registration-of-an-emergency-locator-transmitte.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712124528/https://www.bazl.admin.ch/bazl/en/home/specialists/safety-risk-management/stay-safe-/recommendations--sand-/installation-and-registration-of-an-emergency-locator-transmitte.html |date=2018-07-12 }}
* International – [http://www.406registration.com/ Cospas-Sarsat International 406 MHz Beacon Registration Database (IBRD)]