12 CFR § 602.3 - Definitions.

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title: "12 CFR § 602.3 - Definitions."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "602.3"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "602"
part_name: "RELEASING INFORMATION"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 5.9, 5.17, 5.59 of the Farm Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 2243, 2252, 2277a-8); 5 U.S.C 301, 552; 12 U.S.C. 1821(t); 52 FR 10012; E.O. 12600; 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR 1987, p. 235."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 41770, Aug. 2, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 602.3 Definitions.

*Appeal* means a request under the FOIA asking for the reversal of a decision.

*Business information* means trade secrets or other commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential.

*Business submitter* means any person or entity that gives business information to the Government.

*FOIA request* means a written request for FCA records, made by any person or entity that either directly or indirectly invokes the FOIA or this part.

*Record* means all documentary materials, such as books, papers, maps, photographs, and machine-readable materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics (for example, electronic format) in our possession and control when we receive your FOIA request.