---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.233"
title: "47"
number: "80.233"
heading: "Technical requirements for Automatic Identification System Search and Rescue Transmitters (AIS-SART) equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.233"
---

# §80.233. Technical requirements for Automatic Identification System Search and Rescue Transmitters (AIS-SART) equipment.

- (a) Automatic Identification System Search and Rescue Transmitter (AIS-SART) equipment must meet the technical requirements of IEC 61097-14 and IMO Resolution MSC.246(83) (incorporated by reference, see [§ 80.7(b)](/cfr/47/80.7.md?p=b)).
- (b) Prior to submitting a certification application for an AIS-SART device, the following information must be submitted in duplicate to the U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Stop 7126, Washington, DC 20593-7126:
  - (1) The name of the manufacturer or grantee and the model number of the AIS-SART device; and
  - (2) Copies of the test report and test data obtained from the test facility showing that the device complies with the environmental and operational requirements identified in IEC 61097-14.
- (c) After reviewing the information described in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the U.S. Coast Guard will issue a letter stating whether the AIS-SART device satisfies all of the requirements specified in IEC 61097-14.
- (d) A certification application for an AIS-SART device must contain a copy of the U.S. Coast Guard letter stating that the device satisfies all of the requirements specified in IEC 61097-14, a copy of the technical test data, and the instruction manual(s).

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 90747, Dec. 15, 2016]

### 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

[81 FR 90747, Dec. 15, 2016]