---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 15.103"
title: "46"
number: "15.103"
heading: "Incorporation by reference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/15.103"
---

# §15.103. 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 (IBR) material 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, 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 (STCW Convention); incorporation by reference approved for §§ [15.403](/cfr/46/15.403.md), [15.404](/cfr/46/15.404.md), [15.1103](/cfr/46/15.1103.md), [15.1105](/cfr/46/15.1105.md), and [15.1109](/cfr/46/15.1109.md).
  - (2) The Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code, as amended, 2011 (STCW Code); incorporation by reference approved for [§ 15.1109](/cfr/46/15.1109.md).
  - (3) The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS); incorporation by reference approved for §§ [15.818](/cfr/46/15.818.md) and [15.1103](/cfr/46/15.1103.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 78000, Dec. 24, 2013, as amended by USCG-2016-0315, 81 FR 43955, July 6, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2101, 2103, 3306, 3703, 8101, 8102, 8103, 8104, 8105, 8301, 8304, 8502, 8503, 8701, 8702, 8901, 8902, 8903, 8904, 8905(b), 8906 and 9102; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 81-059, 52 FR 38652, Oct. 16, 1987, as amended by USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93118, Nov. 25, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2004-17914, 78 FR 78000, Dec. 24, 2013, as amended by USCG-2016-0315, 81 FR 43955, July 6, 2016]