---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.1101"
title: "47"
number: "80.1101"
heading: "Performance standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.1101"
---

# §80.1101. Performance standards.

- (a) **The abbreviations used in this section are as follows—**
  - (1) **International Maritime Organization (IMO).**
  - (2) **International Telecommunication Union—** Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (ITU-T) (Standards formerly designated as CCITT are now designated as ITU-T.)
  - (3) **International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).**
  - (4) **International Organization for Standardization (ISO).**
  - (5) **International Telecommunication Union—** Radiocommunication Bureau (ITU-R) (Standards formerly designated as CCIR are now designated as ITU-R.)
- (b) All equipment specified in this subpart must meet the general requirements for shipboard equipment in conformity with performance specifications listed in this paragraph, which are incorporated by reference. (See [§ 80.7](/cfr/47/80.7.md)).
  - (1) IMO Resolution A.694(17), as revised by IMO Resolution MSC.149(77)
  - (2) ITU-T E.161.
  - (3) ITU-T E.164.1.
  - (4) **IEC 60092-101.**
  - (5) **IEC 60533.**
  - (6) **IEC 60945.**
  - (7) **ISO Standard 3791.**
- (c) The equipment specified in this subpart must also conform to the appropriate performance standards listed in [paragraphs (c)(1) through (12)](#c-1..c-12) of this section, which are incorporated by reference (see [§ 80.7](/cfr/47/80.7.md)), and must be tested in accordance with the applicable IEC testing standards listed in [paragraph (c)(13)](#c-13) of this section, which are also incorporated by reference. (See [§ 80.7](/cfr/47/80.7.md)).
  - (1) **NAVTEX receivers—**
    - (i) IMO Resolution A.525(13), as revised by IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) Resolution MSC.148(77).
    - (ii) ITU-R M.540-2.
  - (2) **VHF radio equipment—**
    - (i) IMO Resolution A.803(19), as amended by IMO Resolution MSC.68(68).
    - (ii) ITU-R M.493-13.
    - (iii) ITU-R M.541-9.
  - (3) **MF radio equipment—**
    - (i) IMO Resolution A.804(19), as amended by IMO Resolution MSC.68(68).
    - (ii) ITU-R M.493-13.
    - (iii) ITU-R M.541-9.
  - (4) **MF/HF radio equipment—**
    - (i) IMO Resolution A.806(19), as amended by IMO Resolution MSC.68(68).
    - (ii) ITU-R M.493-13.
    - (iii) ITU-R M.541-9.
    - (iv) IMO Resolution A.700(17).
  - (5) 406.0-406.1 MHz EPIRBs:
    - (i) IMO Resolution A.810(19), as amended by IMO Resolution MSC.56(66) and IMO Resolution MSC.120(74).
    - (ii) IMO Resolution A.662(16).
    - (iii) ITU-R M.633-3.
    - (iv) The 406.0-406.1 MHz EPIRBs must also comply with [§ 80.1061](/cfr/47/80.1061.md).
  - (6) 9 GHz radar transponders:
    - (i) IMO Resolution A.802(19), as amended by IMO Resolution MSC.247(83).
    - (ii) ITU-R M.628-4.
  - (7) **Two-Way VHF radiotelephone—**
    - (i) IMO Resolution A.809(19), as revised by IMO Resolution MSC.149(77).
    - (ii) IMO Resolution MSC.80(70).
  - (8) **INMARSAT Ship Earth Station Capable of Two-Way Communications—** IMO Resolution A.808(19).
  - (9) **INMARSAT-C SES—** IMO Resolution A.807(19), as amended by IMO Resolution MSC.68(68).
  - (10) **INMARSAT EGC—** IMO Resolution A.664(16).
  - (11) **Shipboard radar—**
    - (i) **IEC 60945.**
    - (ii) IEC 62388 Edition 1.0 (2007-12).
    - (iii) IMO Resolution A.694(17).
    - (iv) IMO Resolution MSC.191(79).
    - (v) IMO Resolution MSC.192(79).
    - (vi) ITU-R M.1177-3.
  - (12) **Automatic Identification Systems (AIS)—**
    - (i) ITU-R M.1371-3.
    - (ii) IMO Resolution MSC.74(69).
    - (iii) **IEC 61162-1.**
    - (iv) **IEC 61993-2 .**
  - (13) **Standards for testing GMDSS equipment—**
    - (i) **IEC 61097-1.**
    - (ii) **IEC 61097-3.**
    - (iii) **IEC 61097-4.**
    - (iv) **IEC 61097-6.**
    - (v) **IEC 61097-7.**
    - (vi) **IEC 61097-8.**
    - (vii) **IEC 61097-9.**
    - (viii) **IEC 61097-10.**
    - (ix) **IEC 61097-12.**
    - (x) **IEC 61097-13.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 46977, Aug. 7, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 64680, Nov. 8, 2004; 73 FR 4490, Jan. 25, 2008; 74 FR 5125, Jan. 29, 2009; 76 FR 67617, Nov. 2, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 46977, Aug. 7, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 64680, Nov. 8, 2004; 73 FR 4490, Jan. 25, 2008; 74 FR 5125, Jan. 29, 2009; 76 FR 67617, Nov. 2, 2011]