---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.275"
title: "47"
number: "80.275"
heading: "Technical Requirements for Class A Automatic Identification System (AIS) equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.275"
---

# §80.275. Technical Requirements for Class A Automatic Identification System (AIS) equipment.

- (a) Prior to submitting a certification application for a Class A AIS device, the following information must be submitted in duplicate to the Commandant (G-PSE), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001:
  - (1) The name of the manufacturer or grantee and the model number of the AIS device;
  - (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 [§ 80.1101](/cfr/47/80.1101.md).
- (b) After reviewing the information described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the U.S. Coast Guard will issue a letter stating whether the AIS device satisfies all of the requirements specified in [§ 80.1101](/cfr/47/80.1101.md).
- (c) A certification application for an AIS device submitted to the Commission must contain a copy of the U.S. Coast Guard letter stating that the device satisfies all of the requirements specified in [§ 80.1101](/cfr/47/80.1101.md), a copy of the technical test data, and the instruction manual(s).

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 64673, Nov. 8, 2004, as amended at 74 FR 5125, Jan. 29, 2009]

### 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

[69 FR 64673, Nov. 8, 2004, as amended at 74 FR 5125, Jan. 29, 2009]