46 CFR § 560.9 - Postponement, discontinuance, or suspension of action.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s560.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 560.9 - Postponement, discontinuance, or suspension of action."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "560.9"
section_name: "Postponement, discontinuance, or suspension of action."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AND ACTIONS TO ADDRESS RESTRICTIVE FOREIGN MARITIME PRACTICES"
part_number: "560"
part_name: "ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CONDITIONS UNDULY IMPAIRING ACCESS OF U.S.-FLAG VESSELS TO OCEAN TRADE BETWEEN FOREIGN PORTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 553; secs. 13(b)(6), 15 and 17 of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. 305, 40104, and 41108(d); sec. 10002 of the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988 (46 U.S.C. 42301-42307)."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 45406, Nov. 15, 1984, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 8009, Feb. 18, 1999."
cfr_part: "560"
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# 560.9 Postponement, discontinuance, or suspension of action.
(a) The Commission may, on its own motion or upon a petition, postpone, discontinue, or suspend any action taken by it under the provisions of this part. Such a petition will be served on all other parties and will not, in and of itself, stay the effective date of Commission action.
(b) The Commission shall postpone, discontinue or suspend any action provided for in its final decision if so directed by the President for reasons of national defense or foreign policy of the United States as provided in § 560.8.
[49 FR 45406, Nov. 15, 1984. Redesignated at 64 FR 8009, Feb. 18, 1999, and amended at 67 FR 39862, June 11, 2002]