15 CFR 700.62
§ 700.62 Directives.
United States · 15 CFR — Commerce and Foreign Trade · Status: effective
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- 15 CFR 700.62, § 700.62 Directives, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/61798
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(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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.