15 CFR § 995.12 - Certification designation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s995.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 995.12 - Certification designation."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "995.12"
section_name: "Certification designation."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES"
part_number: "995"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRIBUTORS OF NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 892b(b)(1)."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 52909, Sept. 6, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "995"
---


# 995.12 Certification designation.

An Applicant that has been certified by NOAA as a CED may use the phrase “Certified NOAA ENC Distributor” on products and marketing materials. An Applicant that has been certified by NOAA as a CEVAD may use the phrase “Certified NOAA ENC Value Added Distributor” on products and marketing materials. Use of these phrases must include labeling to identify the product's contents and suitable use. (See § 995.24(a)(4), (5) and (6) and (b)(3), (4) and (5)). Use of the NOAA emblem is described in § 995.28 and is not automatically granted with certification.