[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR255.9]

[Page 213]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 255--CARRIER-OWNED COMPUTER RESERVATIONS SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 255.9  Use of third-party hardware, software and databases.

    (a) No system may prohibit or restrict, directly or indirectly, the 
use of:
    (1) Third-party computer hardware or software in conjunction with 
CRS services, except as necessary to protect the integrity of the 
system, or
    (2) A CRS terminal to access directly any other system or database 
providing information on airline services, unless the terminal is owned 
by the system.
    (b) This section prohibits, among other things, a system's:
    (1) Imposition of fees in excess of commercially reasonable levels 
to certify third-party equipment;
    (2) Undue delays or redundant or unnecessary testing before 
certifying such equipment;
    (3) Refusal to provide any services normally provided subscribers 
because of a subscriber's use of third-party equipment or because of the 
subscriber's using the same equipment (unless owned by the system) for 
access to both the system and to another system or database; and
    (4) Termination of a subscriber contract because of the subscriber's 
use of third-party equipment or use of the same equipment for access to 
the system and to another system or database.
    (c) A system shall make available to developers of third-party 
hardware and software on commercially reasonable terms the 
nonproprietary system architecture specifications and other 
nonproprietary technical information needed to enable such developers to 
create products that will be compatible with the system.
    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any system 
or system owner to:
    (1) Develop or supply any particular product, device, hardware or 
software to enable a subscriber to use another system, or
    (2) Provide service or support with respect to any product, device, 
hardware, software, or service not provided to a subscriber by the 
system or system owner.