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§181.1 Purpose and applicability; preemptive effect.
This part prescribes requirements for the certification of boats and associated equipment and identification of boats to which 46 U.S.C. chapter 43 applies. The regulations in this part have the preemptive effect described in 46 U.S.C. 4306.
Date of certification means the date on which a boat or item of associated equipment is certified to comply with all applicable U.S. Coast Guard safety standards in effect on that date.
Date of manufacture means the month and year during which construction or assembly of a boat or item of associated equipment begins.
(2) The importation of boats, associated equipment, or the components thereof, into the United States for sale.
Model year means the period beginning August 1 of any year and ending on July 31 of the following year. Each model year is designated by the year in which it ends.
Private label merchandiser means any person engaged in the business of selling and distributing, under his own trade name, boats, or items of associated equipment manufactured by another.
State means a State of the United States, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(a) Certain materials are incorporated by reference into this part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a). To enforce any edition other than the one listed in paragraph (b) of this section, notice of change must be published in the Federal Register and the material made available to the public. All approved material is available for inspection at the Coast Guard Headquarters. Contact Commandant (CG-ENG-4), Attn: Lifesaving and Fire Safety Division, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509. It is also available at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html. All approved material is available from the sources listed in paragraph (b) of this section.
UL 1123, Marine Buoyant Devices, 181.703.
This subpart prescribes requirements for the certification of boats and associated equipment to which 46 U.S.C. Chapter 43 applies and to which a safety standard prescribed in Part 183 of this chapter applies.
§181.7 Compliance certification label required.
(c) No person engaged in the business of selling or distributing boats or associated equipment may sell or offer for sale any boat or associated equipment.
(b) The manufacturer of a boat or item of associated equipment that is sold to a private label merchandiser may, at the option of the private label merchandiser, affix a certification label identifying the private label merchandiser as the manufacturer before the boat or item of associated equipment leaves the place of manufacture.
§181.11 Exceptions to labeling requirement.
(a) This part does not apply to boats or associated equipment intended solely for export, and so labeled, tagged, or marked on the boat or equipment and on the outside of the container, if any, which is exported.
(b) If an item of associated equipment is so small that a certification label that meets the requirements in §181.15 cannot be affixed to it, a certification label that contains the information required by §181.15 may be printed on the smallest container in which the item is packed or on a slip packed with the item.
(c) This subpart does not apply to any outboard motor or starting control to which §183.710 of this chapter applies.
No person may remove a label required by this part or remove or alter any information on a label required by this part, unless authorized by the Commandant.
(b) Date of certification must be no earlier than the date on which construction or assembly began and no later than the date on which the boat or item of associated equipment leaves the place of manufacture or assembly or import for the purposes of sale.
(1) Model name or designation.
(2) Hull identification number (if a boat) or serial number (if an item of associated equipment).
(e) Display of the hull identification number on the certification label does not satisfy the display requirements of §181.29.
THIS BOAT IS INTENDED FOR RACING AND OTHER HIGH PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES. THE SKILL REQUIRED MAY EXCEED THE ABILITIES OF SOME OPERATORS.
§181.17 Label numbers and letters.
(b) Contrast with the basic color of the label, except that the date of certification may be permanently stamped, engraved, or embossed on the label.
(a) Each label must be made of material that can withstand exposure to water, oil, salt spray, direct sunlight, heat, cold, and wear expected in normal use of the boat or item of associated equipment without deterioration of legibility.
(b) Each label must be made of material that shows visible traces of the alteration or removal of information on the label.

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