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Demurrage and Detention Billing Requirements Properly Issued Invoices Provision Set Aside by Court
The Federal Maritime Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 29, 2025. It took effect on December 29, 2025.
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What the agency says
This final rule removes from the Code of Federal Regulations a section of the final rule published on February 26, 2024, entitled "Demurrage and Detention Billing Requirements." This action is responsive to a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that set aside the properly issued invoices provision of the rule.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-23920
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Federal Maritime Commission
- Published
- December 29, 2025
- Takes effect
- December 29, 2025
- Dates
- This action is effective on December 29, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. FMC-2025-0107
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3072-AD08
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 46 CFR 541
- Topics
- Common carriers; Exports; Imports
- Pages
- 2
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