14 CFR § 297.20 - Filing for registration.

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title: "14 CFR § 297.20 - Filing for registration."
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title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
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section_name: "Filing for registration."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
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subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
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part_name: "FOREIGN AIR FREIGHT FORWARDERS AND FOREIGN COOPERATIVE SHIPPERS ASSOCIATIONS"
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# 297.20 Filing for registration.

(a) Not later than 60 days before the start of operations as a foreign indirect air carrier, every foreign air freight forwarder and foreign cooperative shippers association shall apply for registration with the Department, unless upon a showing of good cause, the Director, Office of International Aviation, allows application at a later time.

(b) Application shall consist of filing with the Department's Office of International Aviation, U.S. Air Carrier Licensing/Special Authorities Division, two copies of completed OST Form 4506, which may be obtained from the Department of Transportation, U.S. Air Carrier Licensing/Special Authorities Division.

[ER-1159, 44 FR 69635, Dec. 4, 1979, as amended by ER-1265, 46 FR 56602, Nov. 18, 1981; Doc. No. 47939, 57 FR 40103, Sept. 2, 1992; 60 FR 43527, Aug. 22, 1995; DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15934, Apr. 16, 2019]