Sec. 80.95  Message charges.

    (a) Charges must not be made for service of:
    (1) Any public coast station unless tariffs for the service are on 
file with the Commission;
    (2) Any station other than a public coast station or an Alaska--
public fixed station, except cooperatively shared stations covered by 
Sec. 80.503;
    (3) Distress calls and related traffic; and
    (4) Navigation hazard warnings preceded by the SAFETY signal.
    (b) The licensee of each ship station is responsible for the payment 
of all charges accruing to any other station(s) or facilities for the 
handling or forwarding of messages or communications transmitted by that 
station.
    (c) In order to be included in the ITU List of Coast Stations public 
coast stations must recognize international Accounting Authority 
Identification Codes (AAIC) for purposes of billing and accounts 
settlement in accordance with Article 66 of the Radio Regulations. 
Stations which elect not to recognize international AAIC's will be 
removed from the ITU List of Coast Stations.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  52 FR 35244 , Sept. 18, 1987]