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46:46:9.0.1.2.14.1.1.1 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS A Subpart A—General Provisions   § 531.1 Purpose. FMC     [83 FR 34791, July 23, 2018] The purpose of this part is to facilitate NVOCC Service Arrangements (“NSAs”) as they are exempt from the otherwise applicable provisions of the Shipping Act of 1984 (“the Act”).
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.1.1.2 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS A Subpart A—General Provisions   § 531.2 Scope and applicability. FMC     [69 FR 75853, Dec. 20, 2004, as amended at 74 FR 50724, Oct. 1, 2009] Only individual NVOCCs compliant with the requirements of section 19 of the Act (46 U.S.C. 40901-40904) and the Commission's regulations at 46 CFR part 515 may enter into an NSA with one or more NSA shippers subject to the requirements of these rules. Any NVOCC who has failed to maintain its bond or license or had its tariff suspended or cancelled by the Commission is ineligible to offer and file NSAs.
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.1.1.3 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS A Subpart A—General Provisions   § 531.3 Definitions. FMC     [83 FR 34791, July 23, 2018] When used in this part: (a) Act means the Shipping Act of 1984 as amended by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998; (b) Affiliate means two or more entities which are under common ownership or control by reason of being parent and subsidiary or entities associated with, under common control with, or otherwise related to each other through common stock ownership or common directors or officers. (c) Amendment means any change to an NSA which has prospective effect and which is mutually agreed upon by all parties to the NSA. (d) Commission or FMC means the Federal Maritime Commission. (e) Common carrier means a person holding itself out to the general public to provide transportation by water of passengers or cargo between the United States and a foreign country for compensation that: (1) Assumes responsibility for the transportation from the port or point of receipt to the port or point of destination; and (2) Utilizes, for all or part of that transportation, a vessel operating on the high seas or the Great Lakes between a port in the United States and a port in a foreign country, except that the term does not include a common carrier engaged in ocean transportation by ferry boat, ocean tramp, or chemical parcel tanker, or by a vessel when primarily engaged in the carriage of perishable agricultural commodities: (i) If the common carrier and the owner of those commodities are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by a person primarily engaged in the marketing and distribution of those commodities and (ii) Only with respect to those commodities. (f) Effective date means the date upon which an NSA or amendment is scheduled to go into effect by the parties to the NSA. An NSA or amendment becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the beginning of the effective date. The effective date cannot be prior to the date of the NSA or amendment. (g) Expiration date means the last day after which the entire NSA is no longer in effect. (h) NSA shipper means a cargo owner, the person fo…
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.1.1.4 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS A Subpart A—General Provisions   § 531.4 NVOCC rules tariff. FMC     [83 FR 34791, July 23, 2018] (a) Before entering into NSAs under this part, an NVOCC must provide electronic access to its rules tariffs to the public free of charge. (b) An NVOCC wishing to invoke an exemption pursuant to this part must indicate that intention to the Commission and the public by a prominent notice in its rules tariff.
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.1.1.5 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS A Subpart A—General Provisions   § 531.5 [Reserved] FMC        
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.2.1.1 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS B Subpart B—Requirements   § 531.6 NVOCC Service Arrangements. FMC     [69 FR 75853, Dec. 20, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 56580, Sept. 28, 2005; 74 FR 50724, Oct. 1, 2009; 77 FR 13510, Mar. 7, 2012; 82 FR 16297, Apr. 4, 2017; 83 FR 34792, July 23, 2018] (a) Every NSA shall include the complete terms of the NSA including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The origin port ranges in the case of port-to-port movements and geographic areas in the case of through intermodal movements; (2) The destination port ranges in the case of port-to-port movements and geographic areas in the case of through intermodal movements; (3) The commodity or commodities involved; (4) The minimum volume or portion; (5) The service commitments; (6) The line-haul rate; (7) Liquidated damages for non-performance (if any); (8) Duration, including the (i) Effective date; and (ii) Expiration date; (9) The legal names and business addresses of the NSA parties; the legal names of all affiliates of the NSA shipper entitled to access the NSA; the names, titles and addresses of the representatives signing the NSA for the parties, except that in the case of an NSA entered into by a shippers' association, individual members need not be named unless the contract includes or excludes specific members; and the date upon which the NSA was signed. Subsequent references in the NSA to the signatory parties shall be consistent with the first reference. An NVOCC party which enters into an NSA that includes affiliates must either: (i) list the affiliates' business addresses; or (ii) certify that this information will be provided to the Commission upon request within ten (10) business days of such request. (10) A description of the shipment records which will be maintained to support the NSA and the address, telephone number, and title of the person who will respond to a request by making shipment records available to the Commission for inspection under § 531.12 of this part; and (11) All other provisions of the NSA. (b) Certainty of terms. The terms described in paragraph (b) of this section may not: (1) Be uncertain, vague or ambiguous; or (2) Make reference to terms not explicitly contained in the NSA itself unless those terms are readily available to the parties and the Commission. R…
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.2.1.2 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS B Subpart B—Requirements   § 531.7 [Reserved] FMC        
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.2.1.3 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS B Subpart B—Requirements   § 531.8 Amendment. FMC     [83 FR 34792, July 23, 2018] (a) NSAs may be amended by mutual agreement of the parties. (b) Where feasible, NSAs should be amended by amending only the affected specific term(s) or subterms. (c) Each time any part of an NSA is amended, a consecutive amendment number (up to three digits), beginning with the number “1” shall be assigned. (d) Each time any part of an NSA is amended, the “Effective Date” will be the date of the amendment or a future date agreed to by the parties.
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.4.1.1 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS D Subpart D—Exceptions and Implementation   § 531.10 Excepted and exempted commodities. FMC     [69 FR 75853, Dec. 20, 2004, as amended at 74 FR 50725, Oct. 1, 2009; 83 FR 34792, July 23, 2018] (a) Statutory exceptions. NSAs for the movement of the following, as defined in section 3 of the Act (46 U.S.C. 40102) and § 530.3 or § 520.2 of this chapter, are not subject to the conditions of this exemption: (1) Bulk cargo; (2) Forest products; (3) Recycled metal scrap; (4) New assembled motor vehicles; and (5) Waste paper or paper waste. (b) Commission exemptions. The following commodities and/or services are not subject to the conditions of this exemption: (1) Mail in foreign commerce. Transportation of mail between the United States and foreign countries. (2) Department of Defense cargo. Transportation of U.S. Department of Defense cargo moving in foreign commerce under terms and conditions approved by the Military Transportation Management Command and published in a universal service contract. An exact copy of the universal service contract, including any amendments thereto, shall be filed with the Commission as soon as it becomes available.
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.4.1.2 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS D Subpart D—Exceptions and Implementation   § 531.11 Implementation. FMC     [83 FR 34792, July 23, 2018] Generally. Performance under an NSA or amendment thereto may not begin before the day it is effective.
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.5.1.1 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS E Subpart E—Recordkeeping and Audit   § 531.12 Recordkeeping and audit. FMC       (a) Records retention for five years. Every NVOCC shall maintain original signed NSAs, amendments, and their associated records in an organized, readily accessible or retrievable manner for a period of five (5) years from the termination of each NSA. These records must be kept in a form that is readily available and usable to the Commission; electronically maintained records shall be no less accessible than if they were maintained in paper form. (b) Production for audit within 30 days of request. Every NVOCC shall, upon written request of the FMC's Director, Bureau of Enforcement, any Area Representative or the Director, Bureau of Trade Analysis, submit copies of requested original NSAs or their associated records within thirty (30) days of the date of the request.
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.5.1.2 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS E Subpart E—Recordkeeping and Audit   §§ 531.13-531.98 [Reserved] FMC        
46:46:9.0.1.2.14.5.1.3 46 Shipping IV B 531 PART 531—NVOCC SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS E Subpart E—Recordkeeping and Audit   § 531.99 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act. FMC     [83 FR 34792, July 23, 2018] The Commission has received OMB approval for this collection of information pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as amended. In accordance with that Act, agencies are required to display a currently valid control number. The valid control number for this collection of information is 3072-0070.

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