15 CFR § 995.5 - Abbreviations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s995.5"
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title: "15 CFR § 995.5 - Abbreviations."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "995.5"
section_name: "Abbreviations."
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"
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# 995.5 Abbreviations.

CED Certified NOAA ENC Distributor

CEVAD Certified NOAA ENC Value Added Distributor

CRC Cyclical Redundancy Checksum

ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information System

ENC Electronic Navigational Chart

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IHO International Hydrographic Organization

IMO International Maritime Organization

ISO International Organization for Standardization

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOS National Ocean Service

OCS Office of Coast Survey

SENC System Electronic Navigational Chart

SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea

VAD Value Added Distributor