Federal Communications Commission § 3.2

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS sible, based on the coordination and re- 3.60 Reports. view of information related to appli- 3.61 Reporting address. cants, for granting certification as an 3.62 Request for confidentiality. accounting authority in the maritime

ENFORCEMENT mobile and maritime mobile-satellite radio services. The Accounting Author- 3.70 Investigations. 3.71 Warnings. ity Certification Officer may initiate 3.72 Grounds for further enforcement ac- action to suspend or cancel an account- tion. ing authority certification if it is de- 3.73 Waiting period after cancellation. termined to be in the public’s best in- 3.74 Ship stations affected by suspension, terest. cancellation or relinquishment. 3.75 Licensee’s failure to make timely pay- (c) Accounting Authority Identification ment. Codes (AAICs). The discrete identifica- 3.76 Licensee’s liability for payment. tion code of an accounting authority

AUTHORITY: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j) and responsible for the settlement of mari- 303(r). time accounts (Annex A to ITU-T Rec- ommendation D.90). SOURCE: 61 FR 20165, May 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted. (d) Administration. Any governmental department or service responsible for GENERAL discharging the obligations undertaken in the Convention of the International § 3.1 Scope, basis, purpose. Telecommunication Union and the By these rules the Federal Commu- Radio Regulations. For purposes of nications Commission (FCC) is delin- these rules, ‘‘Administration’’ refers to eating its responsibilities in certifying a foreign government or the U.S. Gov- and monitoring accounting authorities ernment, and more specifically, to the in the maritime mobile and maritime Federal Communications Commission. mobile-satellite radio services. These (e) Authorization. Approval by the entities settle accounts for public cor- Federal Communications Commission respondence due to foreign administra- to operate as an accounting authority. tions for messages transmitted at sea Synonymous with ‘‘certification’’. by or between maritime mobile sta- tions located on board ships subject to (f) CCITT. The internationally recog- U.S. registry and utilizing foreign nized French acronym for the Inter- coast and coast earth station facilities. national Telegraph and Telephone Con- These rules are intended to ensure that sultative Committee, one of the former settlements of accounts for U.S. li- sub-entities of the International Tele- censed ship radio stations are con- communication Union (ITU). The ducted in accordance with the Inter- CCITT (ITU-T) 1 is responsible for de- national Telecommunication Regula- veloping international telecommuni- tions (ITR), taking into account the cations recommendations relating to applicable ITU-T Recommendations. standardization of international tele- communications services and facilities, § 3.2 Terms and definitions. (a) Accounting Authority. The Admin- 1 istration of the country that has issued At the ITU Additional Plenipotentiary Conference in Geneva (December, 1992), the the license for a mobile station or the structure, working methods and construct of recognized operating agency or other the basic ITU treaty instrument were modi- entity/entities designated by the Ad- fied. The result is that the names of the sub- ministration in accordance with ITR, entities of the ITU have changed (e.g., the Appendix 2 and ITU-T Recommenda- CCITT has become the Telecommunication tion D.90 to whom maritime accounts Standardization Sector—ITU-T and Recog- in respect of mobile stations licensed nized Private Operating Agency has become by that country may be sent. Recognized Operating Agency-ROA). The changes were placed into provisional effect (b) Accounting Authority Certification on March 1, 1993 with the formal entry into Officer. The official designated by the force of these changes being July 1, 1994. We Managing Director, Federal Commu- will refer to the new nomenclatures within nications Commission, who is respon- these rules, wherever practicable.

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including matters related to inter- (o) Maritime Mobile-Satellite Service. A national charging and accounting prin- mobile-satellite service in which mo- ciples and the settlement of inter- bile earth stations are located on board national telecommunications accounts. ships. Survival craft stations and emer- Such recommendations are, effec- gency position-indicating radiobeacon tively, the detailed implementation stations may also participate in this provisions for topics addressed in the radio service. International Telecommunication Reg- (p) Public Correspondence. Any tele- ulations (ITR). communication which the offices and (g) Certification. Approval by the FCC stations must, by reason of their being to operate as an accounting authority. at the disposal of the public, accept for Synonymous with ‘‘authorization’’. transmission. This usually applies to (h) Coast Earth Station. An earth sta- maritime mobile and maritime mobile- tion in the fixed-satellite service or, in satellite stations. some cases, in the maritime mobile- (q) Recognized Operating Agencies satellite service, located at a specified (ROAs).2 Individuals, companies or cor- fixed point on land to provide a feeder porations, other than governments or link for the maritime mobile-satellite agencies, recognized by administra- service. tions, which operate telecommuni- (i) Coast Station. A land station in the cations installations or provide tele- maritime mobile service. communications services intended for (j) Commission. The Federal Commu- international use or which are capable nications Commission. The FCC. of causing interference to inter- (k) Gold Franc. A monetary unit rep- national telecommunications. ROAs resenting the value of a particular na- which settle debtor accounts for public tion’s currency to a gold par value. One correspondence in the maritime mobile of the monetary units used to effect ac- and maritime mobile-satellite radio counting settlements in the maritime services must be certified as account- mobile and the maritime mobile-sat- ing authorities. ellite services. (r) Ship Station. A mobile station in (l) International Telecommunication the maritime mobile service located on Union (ITU). One of the United Nations board a vessel which is not perma- family organizations headquartered in nently moored, other than a survival Geneva, Switzerland along with several craft station. other United Nations (UN) family orga- (s) Special Drawing Right (SDR). A nizations. The ITU is the UN agency monetary unit of the International responsible for all matters related to Monetary Fund (IMF) currently based international telecommunications. The on a market basket of exchange rates ITU has over 180 Member Countries, in- for the United States, West Germany, cluding the United States, and provides Great Britain, France and Japan but is an international forum for dealing with subject to IMF’s definition. One of the all aspects of international tele- monetary units used to effect account- communications, including radio, ing settlements in the maritime mobile telecom services and telecom facilities. and maritime mobile-satellite services. (m) Linking Coefficient. The ITU man- (t) United States. The continental dated conversion factor used to convert U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, the Common- gold francs to Special Drawing Rights wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is- (SDRs). Among other things, it is used lands or any territory or possession of to perform accounting settlements in the United States. the maritime mobile and the maritime mobile-satellite services. ELIGIBILITY (n) Maritime Mobile Service. A mobile service between coast stations and ship § 3.10 Basic qualifications. stations, or between ship stations, or (a) Applicants must meet the require- between associated on-board commu- ments and conditions contained in nication stations. Survival craft sta- these rules in order to be certified as tions and emergency position- indi- an accounting authority. No individual cating radiobeacon stations may also participate in this service. 2 Id.

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