{"data":{"id":"us/10-cfr-217.62","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 CFR 217.62","heading":"Directives.","body":"(a) A Directive is an official action that requires a person to take or refrain from taking certain actions in accordance with its provisions.\n(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.\n(c) A Priorities Directive takes precedence over all DX-rated orders, DO-rated orders, and unrated orders previously or subsequently received, unless a contrary instruction appears in the Directive.\n(d) An Allocations Directive takes precedence over all Priorities Directives, DX-rated orders, DO-rated orders, and unrated orders previously or subsequently received, unless a contrary instruction appears in the Directive.","path":["Title 10—Energy","CHAPTER II—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","SUBCHAPTER A—OIL","PART 217—ENERGY PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM","Subpart F—Official Actions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-10.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:09Z","sha256":"0036efe0bf675a11cc20f27489862480be7203d0a05304afb745cfb4804245fb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-cfr-217.61","next":"us/10-cfr-217.63"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}