{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-5.41","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 5.41","heading":"How does a submitter identify records containing confidential commercial information?","body":"A person who submits records to the government may designate part or all of the information in such records that they may consider to be exempt from disclosure under Exemption 4 of the FOIA. The person may make this designation either at the time the records are submitted to the government or within a reasonable time thereafter. The designation must be in writing. Any such designation will expire 10 years after the records were submitted to the government.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","SUBTITLE A—Department of Health and Human Services","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION","PART 5—FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REGULATIONS","Subpart D—Confidential Commercial Information"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"6120b3e071a416f500827c65cbdd24637dfa002b6f1dd46fe3df06211cae9aea","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-5.32","next":"us/45-cfr-5.42"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}