Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: February 15, 2024) |
Title 46 - Shipping |
Chapter IV - Federal Maritime Commission |
SubChapter B - Regulations Affecting Ocean Shipping in Foreign Commerce |
Part 531 - NVOCC Service Arrangements |
Subpart A - General Provisions |
§ 531.4 - NVOCC rules tariff.
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§ 531.4 Confidentiality.
NVOCC rules tariff.
(a) All NSAs and amendments to NSAs filed with the Commission shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be held in confidence by the Commission.
(b) Nothing contained in this part shall preclude the Commission from providing certain information from or access to NSAs to another agency of the Federal government of the United States.
(c) Parties to a filed NSA may agree to disclose information contained in it. Breach of any confidentiality agreement contained in an NSA by either party will not, on its own, be considered a violation of these rules.
Before entering into NSAs under this part, an NVOCC must provide electronic access to its rules tariffs to the public free of charge.
(b) An NVOCC wishing to invoke an exemption pursuant to this part must indicate that intention to the Commission and the public by a prominent notice in its rules tariff.
[83 FR 34791, July 23, 2018]