14 CFR § 297.5 - Foreign air freight forwarder as agent.

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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 297.5 - Foreign air freight forwarder as agent."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "297.5"
section_name: "Foreign air freight forwarder as agent."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "297"
part_name: "FOREIGN AIR FREIGHT FORWARDERS AND FOREIGN COOPERATIVE SHIPPERS ASSOCIATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-1159, 44 FR 69635, Dec. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "297"
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# 297.5 Foreign air freight forwarder as agent.

A foreign air freight forwarder may act as agent of a shipper, or of a direct air carrier that has authorized such agency, if it expressly reserves the option to do so when the shipment is accepted. A foreign air freight forwarder shall not act as the agent of any direct air carrier with respect to shipments accepted for forwarding.