7 CFR § 1425.5 - Confidentiality.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1425.5"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 1425.5 - Confidentiality."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1425.5"
section_name: "Confidentiality."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS"
part_number: "1425"
part_name: "COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1441 and 1421, 7 U.S.C. 7931-7939; and 15 U.S.C. 714b, 714c, and 714j."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 17312, Apr. 9, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1425"
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# 1425.5 Confidentiality.

Information submitted to CCC related to trade secrets, financial or commercial operations, or the financial condition of a CMA, whether for initial approval or continued approval, shall be kept confidential by the officers, agents, and employees of CCC and the Department of Agriculture except as required to be disclosed by law.