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Definition of Unreasonable Refusal To Deal or Negotiate With Respect to Vessel Space Accommodations Provided by an Ocean Common Carrier
The Federal Maritime Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 2, 2025. It took effect on February 3, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission) received approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an information collection request associated with the final rule, "Definition of Unreasonable Refusal to Deal or Negotiate with Respect to Vessel Space Accommodations Provided by an Ocean Common Carrier." This rule announces the effective date for the requirements for ocean common carriers to annually file a documented export policy with the Commission and provides implementing instructions. In the final rule published July 23, 2024, the Commission stated it would publish a document in the Federal Register (FR) announcing the effective date of the collection-of-information-related sections upon OMB approval. This rule establishes the effective date of the relevant provisions. It also corrects an error in the regulatory text.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-31017
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; announcement of effective date; correction
- Agency
- Federal Maritime Commission
- Published
- January 2, 2025
- Takes effect
- February 3, 2025
- Dates
- The amendments adding 46 CFR 542.1(j) (instruction 2) and 46 CFR 542.99 (instruction 3), published on July 23, 2024 (89 FR 59648), are effective on February 3, 2025. The correction to 46 CFR 542.99 is effective February 3, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. FMC-2023-0010
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3072-AC92
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 46 CFR 542
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 1
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