14 CFR § 399.3 - Statements in other Department documents.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s399.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 399.3 - Statements in other Department documents."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "399.3"
section_name: "Statements in other Department documents."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "POLICY STATEMENTS"
part_number: "399"
part_name: "STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 40113(a), 41712, 46106, 46107, and 42305."
regulatory_source: "PS-21, 29 FR 1446, Jan. 29, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "399"
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# 399.3 Statements in other Department documents.
No statement contained in any Department opinion, decision, order, certificate, permit, exemption, or waiver shall be considered a statement of policy within the meaning of this part, even though such statements may constitute a precedent in future cases or declare future policy to be followed in like cases. Similarly, a denial by the Department or relief sought, or statements of the Department's reasons for failure to issue a rule upon which rulemaking proceedings have been commenced shall not be considered statements of policy, except to the extent that it is specifically stated that such denial or failure is based upon a policy thereafter to be followed.