15 CFR § 960.3 - Applicability to existing licenses.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s960.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 960.3 - Applicability to existing licenses."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "960.3"
section_name: "Applicability to existing licenses."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SERVICE"
part_number: "960"
part_name: "LICENSING OF PRIVATE REMOTE SENSING SPACE SYSTEMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "51 U.S.C. 60124."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 30806, May 20, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "960"
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# 960.3 Applicability to existing licenses.
(a) After reviewing each license existing prior to July 20, 2020, on July 20, 2020, the Secretary will either:
(1) Replace the existing license with one developed in accordance with this part, retaining any applicable waivers and modifications; or
(2) If the Secretary determines that an existing licensee no longer requires a license under this part the Secretary will notify the existing licensee that the license is terminated.
(b) The replacement license or termination determination will be effective 30 days after delivery by the Secretary to existing licensees. Existing licensees who object to their existing license being replaced or terminated must notify the Secretary in writing within those 30 days, and specify their objection in the notification.