---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 10.103"
title: "46"
number: "10.103"
heading: "Incorporation by reference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/10.103"
---

# §10.103. Incorporation by reference.

- (a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. [552(a)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a) and [1](/usc/5/1.md) CFR [part 51](/cfr/46/part51.md). All approved incorporation by reference material (IBR) is available for inspection at the Coast Guard and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact Coast Guard at: Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing (CG-MMC), U.S. Coast Guard, Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20593-7509; phone: 202-372-1492; website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@nara.gov. The material may be obtained from:
- (b) International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, England; phone +44 (0)20 7735 7611; website: www.imo.org.
  - (1) The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended, 2011 (the STCW Convention or the STCW), incorporation by reference approved for §§ [10.107](/cfr/46/10.107.md), [10.109](/cfr/46/10.109.md), [10.201](/cfr/46/10.201.md), and [10.410](/cfr/46/10.410.md).
  - (2) The Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code, as amended, 2011 (the STCW Code), incorporation by reference approved for §§ [10.107](/cfr/46/10.107.md), [10.109](/cfr/46/10.109.md), [10.201](/cfr/46/10.201.md), [10.404](/cfr/46/10.404.md), [10.411](/cfr/46/10.411.md), and [10.412](/cfr/46/10.412.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11216, Mar. 16, 2009, as amended by USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49224, Sept. 25, 2009; USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60145, Sept. 30, 2013; USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77882, Dec. 24, 2013; USCG-2016-0315, 81 FR 43955, July 6, 2016; USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93054, Nov. 25, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 2104, 2110; 46 U.S.C. chapter 71; 46 U.S.C. chapter 73; 46 U.S.C. chapter 75; 46 U.S.C. 7701, 8903, 8904, and 70105; Executive Order 10173; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11216, Mar. 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11216, Mar. 16, 2009, as amended by USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49224, Sept. 25, 2009; USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60145, Sept. 30, 2013; USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 77882, Dec. 24, 2013; USCG-2016-0315, 81 FR 43955, July 6, 2016; USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93054, Nov. 25, 2024]