46 CFR § 515.3 - License; when required.

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title: "46 CFR § 515.3 - License; when required."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "515.3"
section_name: "License; when required."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AFFECTING OCEAN SHIPPING IN FOREIGN COMMERCE"
part_number: "515"
part_name: "LICENSING, REGISTRATION, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND GENERAL DUTIES FOR OCEAN TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 40102, 40104, 40501-40503, 40901-40904, 41101-41109, 41301-41302, 41305-41307, 46105; Pub. L. 105-383, 112 Stat. 3411; 21 U.S.C. 862."
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# 515.3 License; when required.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, no person in the United States may advertise, hold oneself out, or act as an ocean transportation intermediary unless that person holds a valid license issued by the Commission.

(b) For purposes of this part, a person is considered to be “in the United States” if such person is resident in, or incorporated or established under, the laws of the United States.

[85 FR 9683, Feb. 20, 2020]