{"data":{"id":"us/44-cfr-333.52","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"44 CFR 333.52","heading":"Directives.","body":"(a) A directive is an official action which 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 44—Emergency Management and Assistance","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER F—PREPAREDNESS","PART 333—EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM","Subpart H—Official Actions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-44.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"ccecfffa8de558c99ad3a7c3a63a3b9836b8a4697bdacedc451e68396da4a7e9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/44-cfr-333.51","next":"us/44-cfr-333.53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}