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Notification from   New Delhi, India (see METNO MC0803.txt):
Add the following new bulletins to New Delhi, India: FQIN01 DEMS and WTIN01 DEMS

Notification from  Offenbach, Germany:
Add the following new bulletins to Offenbach, Germany (see METNO MC0803)
Amendments  to Offenbach, Germany (see METNO MC0903 and METNO MC1003)

Add the following new bulletins to EUMETSAT (DARMSTADT)  (see METNO MC0803)

Notification from Tokyo, Japan
Amendments to Seoul, Republic of Korea  (see METNO MC1103)
Amendments to Tokyo, Japan (see METNO MC1103)

Notification from Moscow, Russian Federation
Amendments to Moscow, Ukraine, Belarus, Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, (see METNO MC1203)

The following amendments  have been made to:

French Polynesia and New Caledonia: Have both placed all their 3-hourly observational data  into the category "essential".  The previous lists of additional data both these Member countries had issued are now null and void.French Polynesia and New Caledonia: Have both placed all their 3-hourly observational data  into the category "essential".  The previous lists of additional data both these Member countries had issued are now null and void.

France: amendments effective 21 January 2003

Amend Attachment II-5, Table C1, Part I  - Country or Territory Designators:  The A1A2 symbol for Tajikistan is currently indicated as A1A2=TZ, this should be replaced by A1A2=TA

Chapter 6 - Marine Meteorological Services Available for Main Ports
India amend telephone numbers effective 20 February 2003.