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15 CFR 700.62: Directives.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade
- Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade
- CHAPTER VII—BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
- SUBCHAPTER A—NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRIAL BASE REGULATIONS
- PART 700—DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM
- Subpart I—Official Actions
(a) A directive is an official action which requires a person to take or refrain from taking certain actions in accordance with its provisions.
(b) A person must comply with each directive issued. However, a person may not use or extend a directive to obtain any items from a supplier, unless expressly authorized to do so in the directive.
(c) Directives take precedence over all DX rated orders, DO rated orders, and unrated orders previously or subsequently received, unless a contrary instruction appears in the directive.
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