15 C.F.R. Subpart I—Official Actions
Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade
(a) Commerce may, from time-to-time, take specific official actions to implement or enforce the provisions of this regulation. (b) Several of these official actions (Rating Authorizations, Directives, and Letters of Understanding) are discussed in this subpart. Other official actions which pertain to compliance (Administrative Subpoenas, Demands for Information, and Inspection Authorizations) are discussed in §700.71(c). [49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as amended at 71 FR 39528, July 13, 2006] (a) A Rating Authorization is an official action granting specific priority rating authority that: (1) Permits a person to place a priority rating on an order for an item not normally ratable under this regulation; or (2) Authorizes a person to modify a priority rating on a specific order or series of contracts or orders. (b) To request priority rating authority, see §700.51. (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. (a) A Letter of Understanding is an official action which may be issued in resolving special priorities assistance cases to reflect an agreement reached by all parties (Commerce, the Delegate Agency, the supplier, and the customer). (b) A Letter of Understanding is not used to alter scheduling between rated orders, to authorize the use of priority ratings, to impose restrictions under this regulation, or to take other official actions. Rather, Letters of Understanding are used to confirm production or shipping schedules which do not require modifications to other rated orders.
Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade
PART 700—DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM
Subpart I—Official Actions
§ 700.60 General provisions.
§ 700.61 Rating Authorizations.
§ 700.62 Directives.
§ 700.63 Letters of Understanding.
