---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 164.02"
title: "33"
number: "164.02"
heading: "Applicability exception for foreign vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/164.02"
---

# §164.02. Applicability exception for foreign vessels.

- (a) Except for [§ 164.46(c)](/cfr/33/164.46.md?p=c), none of the requirements of this part apply to foreign vessels that:
  - (1) Are not destined for, or departing from, a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and
  - (2) **Are in—**
    - (i) Innocent passage through the territorial sea of the United States; or
    - (ii) **Transit through navigable waters of the United States which form a part of an international strait.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-063, 44 FR 66530, Nov. 19, 1979, as amended by CGD 79-148, 45 FR 54039, Aug. 14, 1980; USCG-2003-14757, 68 FR 39367, July 1, 2003; 68 FR 60569, Oct. 22, 2003; USCG-2005-21869, 80 FR 5334, Jan. 30, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3703, 70034; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277. Sec. 164.13 also issued under 46 U.S.C. 8502. Sec. 164.46 also issued under 46 U.S.C. 70114 and Sec. 102 of Pub. L. 107-295. Sec. 164.61 also issued under 46 U.S.C. 6101. DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Amendments

[CGD 77-063, 44 FR 66530, Nov. 19, 1979, as amended by CGD 79-148, 45 FR 54039, Aug. 14, 1980; USCG-2003-14757, 68 FR 39367, July 1, 2003; 68 FR 60569, Oct. 22, 2003; USCG-2005-21869, 80 FR 5334, Jan. 30, 2015]