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FCC 3.10
Revised as of December 4, 2012
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2013
§ 3.10 Basic qualifications.
(a) Applicants must meet the requirements and conditions contained in
these rules in order to be certified as an accounting authority. No
individual or other entity, including accounting authorities approved
by other administrations, may act as a United States accounting
authority and settle accounts of U.S. licensed vessels in the maritime
mobile or maritime mobile-satellite services without a certification
from the Federal Communications Commission. Accounting authorities with
interim certification as of the effective date of this rule must submit
to the application process discussed in § 3.20. They will be
“grandfathered”, i.e, granted permanent certification provided they
demonstrate their eligibility and present a proper application.
(b) U.S. citizenship is not required of individuals in order to receive
certification from the Commission to be an accounting authority.
Likewise, joint ventures need not be organized under the laws of the
United States in order to be eligible to perform settlements for U.S.
licensed vessels. See, however, § 3.11.
(c) Prior experience in maritime accounting, general commercial
accounting, international shipping or any other related endeavor will
be taken into consideration by the Commission in certifying accounting
authorities. The lack of such expertise, however, will not
automatically disqualify an individual, partnership, corporation or
other entity from becoming an accounting authority.
(d) Applicants must provide formal financial statements or
documentation proving all assets, liabilities, income and expenses.
(e) Applicants must offer their services to any member of the public
making a reasonable request therefor, without undue discrimination
against any customer or class of customer, and fees charged for
providing such services shall be reasonable and non-discriminatory.
This requirement will be waived for applicants who settle their own
accounts only and are eligible to be “grandfathered” during the initial
application period. However, should the need for additional accounting
authorities be proven, these accounting authorities will be required to
offer their services to the public or relinquish their certification.
[ 61 FR 20165 , May 6, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 40776 , July 28, 1999]
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