[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR995.4]



[Page 400]

 

                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                               OF COMMERCE

 

PART 995_CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRIBUTORS OF NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC 

PRODUCTS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 995.4  Definitions.



    Certified NOAA ENC Distributor (CED) means an entity that is 

certified as a distributor of NOAA ENC files by NOAA. This certification 

indicates that the distributor meets certain requirements (in Subparts 

A, B, and D of this part) that ensure timely and accurate dissemination 

of NOAA ENC data.

    Certified NOAA ENC Value Added Distributor (CEVAD) means an entity 

that creates a derived product that has been produced from NOAA ENC 

files using a process certified by NOAA. This certification indicates 

that the CEVAD meets certain requirements (in Subparts A, C, and D of 

this part) that ensure timely and accurate dissemination of NOAA ENC 

data in a non-ENC format.

    Derived product means a navigational product produced by 

transforming the NOAA ENC files to another format while preserving the 

content and accuracy. It may contain information from other sources.

    Distributor means a person or company that redistributes a NOAA ENC 

to end users in its original format.

    Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) means the 

internationally adopted computer-assisted navigation system which, when 

complying with all of the required specifications, can be accepted as 

the up-to-date chart required by V/20 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention.

    Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) means a database, standardized 

as to content, structure, and format, issued for use with ECDIS on the 

authority of government authorized hydrographic offices. The ENC 

contains all the chart information necessary for safe navigation and may 

contain supplementary information in addition to that contained in the 

paper chart (e.g., sailing directions), which may be considered 

necessary for safe navigation.

    Entity means one person, one person within a company, or one 

company.

    NOAA ENC[supreg] means Electronic Navigational Charts produced by 

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA ENC files 

comply with the IHO S-57 standard, Edition 3.1 and the ENC Product 

Specification. The phrase ``NOAA ENC'' is a registered trademark and may 

not be used without permission.

    Redistributed means to distribute again, either as a direct copy or 

in a different way. A redistributed NOAA ENC is one that has been 

downloaded from an official NOAA ENC Web site by one entity and provided 

to another entity.

    System Electronic Navigational Chart (SENC) means a database 

resulting from the transformation of the ENC by ECDIS for appropriate 

use, updates to the ENC by appropriate means and other data added by the 

mariner. It is this database that is actually accessed by ECDIS for the 

display generation and other navigational functions, and is equivalent 

to an up-to-date paper chart. The SENC may also contain information from 

other sources.

    Value Added Distributor means a person or company that redistributes 

a NOAA ENC with additional data included or in a different format to 

create newly derived products used by end users.