10 CFR § 218.1 - Purpose and scope.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s218.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 218.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "218.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "OIL"
part_number: "218"
part_name: "STANDBY MANDATORY INTERNATIONAL OIL ALLOCATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 751 15 U.S.C. 787 42 U.S.C. 6201 42 U.S.C. 7101 E.O. 11790, 39 FR 23185; E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 27972, May 14, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "218"
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# 218.1 Purpose and scope.
(a) This part implements section 251 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (Pub. L. 94-163) (42 U.S.C. 6271), as amended, which authorizes the President to take such action as he determines to be necessary for performance of the obligations of the United States under chapters III and IV of the Agreement on an International Energy Program (TIAS 8278), insofar as such obligations relate to the mandatory international allocation of oil by International Energy Program participating countries.
(b) *Applicability.* This part applies to any firm engaged in producing, transporting, refining, distributing or storing oil which is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.