10 CFR § 218.2 - Activation/Deactivation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s218.2"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 218.2 - Activation/Deactivation."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "218.2"
section_name: "Activation/Deactivation."
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"
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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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# 218.2 Activation/Deactivation.

(a) This rule shall take effect providing:

(1) The International Energy Program has been activated; and,

(2) The President has transmitted this rule to Congress, has found putting such rule into effect is required in order to fulfill obligations of the United States under the International Energy Program and has transmitted such a finding to the Congress together with a statement of the effective date and manner for exercise of such rule.

(b) This rule shall revert to standby status no later than 60 days after the deactivation of the emergency allocation system activated to implement the International Energy Program.