---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 164.019-5"
title: "46"
number: "164.019-5"
heading: "Standard components; acceptance criteria and procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/164.019-5"
---

# §164.019-5. Standard components; acceptance criteria and procedures.

- (a) **General.** Standard components used in the construction of PFDs must meet the applicable requirements of this part or [part 160](/cfr/46/part160.md) and the documentation requirements of this section.
- (b) **Use Codes.** Each standard component is assigned a Use Code as indicated in table 164.019-3. Additional Use Codes may be assigned by the Commandant.
- (c) **Method and documentation of acceptance.** Except as provided in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section, the following requirements pertaining to the shipment of standard components must be met in order for the standard components to be considered Coast Guard-accepted standard components:
  - (1) Each shipment of standard components must be accompanied by an affidavit complying with [§ 164.019-11](/cfr/46/164.019-11.md).
  - (2) A sample affidavit, or a copy of the affidavit, provided with the first shipment of standard components to a PFD manufacturer, must be provided to the Commandant.
  - (3) A revised sample affidavit, or a copy of the revised affidavit, must be provided to the Coast Guard any time the information on the affidavit accompanying a shipment of standard components materially changes.
- (d) **Exception.** Affidavits are not required to be provided for standard components that are under the quality control oversight program of a recognized laboratory meeting the requirements of [§ 164.019-17](/cfr/46/164.019-17.md).
- (e) **Suspension or termination of acceptance.** The procedures in §§ [2.75-40](/cfr/46/2.75-40.md) and [2.75-50](/cfr/46/2.75-50.md) of this chapter for suspension and termination of approvals also apply to Coast Guard acceptances of PFD components.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 84-068, 58 FR 29494, May 20, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 4302; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.