39 CFR § 3040.180 - Material changes to product descriptions.

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title: "39 CFR § 3040.180 - Material changes to product descriptions."
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title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "3040.180"
section_name: "Material changes to product descriptions."
chapter_name: "POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS GOVERNING MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS, COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS, PRODUCT LISTS, AND MARKET TESTS"
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part_name: "PRODUCT LISTS AND THE MAIL CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE"
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authority: "39 U.S.C. 503; 3622; 3631; 3642; 3682."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 63698, Nov. 9, 2007, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 85 FR 9615, Feb. 19, 2020."
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# 3040.180 Material changes to product descriptions.

(a) Whenever the Postal Service proposes material changes to a product description in the Mail Classification Schedule, no later than 30 days prior to implementing the proposed changes, it shall submit to the Commission a request to change the product description in the Mail Classification Schedule.

(b) The request shall:

(1) Include a copy of the applicable sections of the Mail Classification Schedule and the proposed changes therein in legislative format; and

(2) Provide all supporting justification for the changes upon which the Postal Service proposes to rely.

[80 FR 35575, June 22, 2015. Redesignated at 85 FR 9615, Feb. 19, 2020]