{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-789.42","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 789.42","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 the provisions of the directive.\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 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER VII—FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER D—SPECIAL PROGRAMS","PART 789—AGRICULTURE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM (APAS)","Subpart F—Official Actions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"53b1c7f757963d7647494eb2f40905a63e18f1d7e38435d50dea50678a3f0d41","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-789.41","next":"us/7-cfr-789.43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}