Federal Communications Commission § 2.1400 phone solely capable of functioning and will not be offered for sale or lease outside the U.S. in the United States. (6) The radio frequency device is (b) The ultimate consignee must be being imported for use exclusively by able to document compliance with the the U.S. Government. selected import condition and the basis (7) Three or fewer radio frequency de- for determining the import condition vices are being imported for the indi- applied. vidual’s personal use and are not in- [56 FR 26619, June 10, 1991, as amended at 57 tended for sale. Unless exempted other- FR 38286, Aug. 24, 1992; 61 FR 8477, Mar. 5, wise in this chapter, the permitted de- 1996; 63 FR 31646, June 10, 1998; 64 FR 69929, vices must be from one or more of the Dec. 15, 1999; 64 FR 72572, Dec. 28, 1999; 69 FR following categories: 5709, Feb. 6, 2004; 74 FR 22704, May 14, 2009; 78 (i) Unintentional radiator as defined FR 25162, Apr. 29, 2013; 82 FR 50830, Nov. 2, 2017] in part 15 of this chapter which may in- clude radio receivers, computers or § 2.1207 Examination of imported other Class B digital devices in part 15 equipment. of this chapter. In order to determine compliance (ii) Consumer ISM equipment as de- with its regulations, Commission rep- fined in part 18 of this chapter. resentatives may examine or test any (iii) Intentional radiators subject to radio frequency device that is im- part 15 rules only if they can be used in ported. If such radio frequency device client modes as specified in § 15.202 of has already entered the U.S., the ulti- this chapter. mate consignee or subsequent owners (iv) Transmitters operating under of that device must, upon request, rules which require a station license as made within one year of the date of subscribers permitted under § 1.903 of entry, make that device available for this chapter and operated under the au- examination or testing by the Commis- thority of an operator license issued by sion. the Commission. (8) The radio frequency device is [56 FR 26620, June 10, 1991] being imported for repair and will not be offered for sale or marketed. Subpart L [Reserved] (9) The radio frequency device is a medical implant transmitter inserted Subpart M—Advance Approval of in a person or a medical body-worn Subscription TV Transmission transmitter as defined in part 95, Systems granted entry into the United States or is a control transmitter associated ADVANCE APPROVAL PROCEDURE with such an implanted or body-worn transmitter, provided, however that § 2.1400 Application for advance ap- the transmitters covered by this provi- proval under part 73. sion otherwise comply with the tech- (a) An original application for ad- nical requirements applicable to trans- vance approval of a subscription TV mitters authorized to operate in the (STV) system and one copy thereof Medical Device Radiocommunication must be filed by the party who will be Service (MedRadio) under part 95 of responsible for the conformance of the this chapter. Such transmitters are system with the subscription TV stand- permitted to be imported without the ards specified in part 73 of the Rules. issuance of a grant of equipment au- The application must include informa- thorization only for the personal use of tion to show that the system conforms the person in whom the medical im- to the requirements of § 73.644(b). plant transmitter has been inserted or (b) Advance approval may be applied on whom the medical body-worn trans- for and granted in accordance with and mitter is applied. subject to the following conditions and (10) Three or fewer portable earth- limitations: station transceivers, as defined in (1) A separate request for each dif- § 25.129 of this chapter, are being im- ferent technical system must be made ported by a traveler as personal effects by the applicant in writing. 737 VerDate Sep<11>2014 10:43 Jun 03, 2021 Jkt 250214 PO 00000 Frm 00747 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\250214.XXX 250214 spaschal on DSKJM0X7X2PROD with CFR Pt. 3 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–20 Edition) (2) The applicant must certify that personnel. This may include the actual the application was prepared by or submission of equipment for system under the direction of the applicant testing under the provisions of § 2.945 of and that the facts set forth are true part 2 of the Rules. and correct to the best of the appli- (9) No technical system will be cant’s knowledge and belief. deemed approved unless and until the (3) The applicant must identify the FCC has notified the applicant in writ- technical system by a name or type ing of the approval. Such notification number and define the system in terms of approval will be by letter to the ap- of its technical characteristics; a func- plicant. tional block diagram must be included. (10) Approval by the FCC is limited In addition, a complete description of to a determination that the particular the encoded aural and visual baseband technical system (the scheme for en- and transmitted signals and of the en- coding and decoding the subscription coding equipment used by the appli- TV signal) is capable of meeting the cant must be supplied. These descrip- criteria given in § 73.644(b). tions must include equipment circuit (11) The FCC will maintain a listing diagrams and photographs, and dia- of approved technical systems. grams or oscillographs of both (c) Multichannel sound may be trans- baseband and transmitted aural and mitted for stereophonic or bilingual visual signal waveforms and of the sig- service with encoded subscription pro- nal basebands and occupied grams provided the technical operating bandwidths. If aural subcarriers are to specifications for this service are in- be used for transmitting aural portion cluded in the application for advance of the subscription program, for de- system approval. coder control, or for other purposes, a (d) Subscriber decoder devices must full description and specifications of comply with any applicable provisions the multiplex subcarrier signals and all of subpart H, part 15 of the FCC Rules modulation levels must be included. for TV interface devices. (4) Preliminary test data must be (e) No modifications may be made by submitted to show system capability either the applicant or the user of a with regard to compliance with the cri- system having advance FCC approval teria set forth in § 73.644(b). that would change any of the operating (5) The applicant must identify the conditions as submitted in the applica- specific requirements of §§ 73.682, 73.687 tion for advance approval. Should sys- and 73.699 (Figures 6 and 7) from which tem modifications be necessary, a new the transmitted signal will normally application must be submitted in ac- deviate. cordance with the requirements of this (6) The applicant must specify the section. method to be used in determining and maintaining the operating power of the [48 FR 56391, Dec. 21, 1983] transmitter if the procedures given in § 73.663 cannot be used due to suppres- Subpart N [Reserved] sion of the synchronizing pulses or for other reasons. If the operating power of PART 3—AUTHORIZATION AND AD- the station must be reduced to accom- MINISTRATION OF ACCOUNTING modate the encoded aural or video sig- nal, the operating power limitations AUTHORITIES IN MARITIME AND must be specified. MARITIME MOBILE-SATELLITE (7) The applicant must supply any ad- RADIO SERVICES ditional information and test data re- quested by the FCC, to show to its sat- GENERAL isfaction that the criteria given in Sec. § 73.644(b) are met. 3.1 Scope, basis, purpose. (8) The information submitted by the 3.2 Terms and definitions. applicant may be subject to check by field tests conducted without expense ELIGIBILITY to the FCC or, if deemed necessary, at 3.10 Basic qualifications. the laboratory or in the field by FCC 3.11 Location of settlement operation. 738 VerDate Sep<11>2014 10:43 Jun 03, 2021 Jkt 250214 PO 00000 Frm 00748 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\250214.XXX 250214 spaschal on DSKJM0X7X2PROD with CFR Federal Communications Commission § 3.2 APPLICATION PROCEDURES entities settle accounts for public cor- 3.20 Application form. respondence due to foreign administra- 3.21 Order of consideration. tions for messages transmitted at sea 3.22 Number of accounting authority identi- by or between maritime mobile sta- fication codes per applicant. tions located on board ships subject to 3.23 Legal applicant. U.S. registry and utilizing foreign 3.24 Evidence of financial responsibility. coast and coast earth station facilities. 3.25 Number of copies. 3.26 Where application is to be mailed. These rules are intended to ensure that 3.27 Amended application. settlements of accounts for U.S. li- 3.28 Denial of privilege. censed ship radio stations are con- 3.29 Notifications. ducted in accordance with the Inter- national Telecommunication Regula- SETTLEMENT OPERATIONS tions (ITR), taking into account the 3.40 Operational requirements. applicable ITU-T Recommendations. 3.41 Amount of time allowed before initial settlements. § 3.2 Terms and definitions. 3.42 Location of processing facility. 3.43 Applicable rules and regulations. (a) Accounting Authority. The Admin- 3.44 Time to achieve settlements. istration of the country that has issued 3.45 Amount of charges. the license for a mobile station or the 3.46 Use of gold francs. recognized operating agency or other 3.47 Use of SDRs. entity/entities designated by the Ad- 3.48 Cooperation with the Commission. 3.49 Agreement to be audited.