[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR700.3]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 700_DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart B_Overview
 
Sec.  700.3  Priority ratings and rated orders.

    (a) Rated orders are identified by a priority rating consisting of 
the rating--either DX or DO--and a program identification symbol. Rated 
orders take preference over all unrated orders as necessary to meet 
required delivery dates. Among rated orders, DX rated orders take 
preference over DO rated orders. Program identification symbols

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indicate which approved program is involved with the rated order. For 
example, A1 identifies defense aircraft programs and A7 signifies 
defense electronic programs. The program identification symbols, in 
themselves, do not connote any priority.
    (b) Persons receiving rated orders must give them preferential 
treatment as required by this regulation. This means a person must 
accept and fill a rated order for items that the person normally 
supplies. The existence of previously accepted unrated or lower rated 
orders is not sufficient reason for rejecting a rated order. Persons are 
required to reschedule unrated orders if they conflict with performance 
against a rated order. Similarly, persons must reschedule DO rated 
orders if they conflict with performance against a DX rated order.
    (c) All rated orders must be scheduled to the extent possible to 
ensure delivery by the required delivery date.
    (d) Persons who receive rated orders must in turn place rated orders 
with their suppliers for the items they need to fill the orders. This 
provision ensures that suppliers will give priority treatment to rated 
orders from contractor to subcontractor to suppliers throughout the 
procurement chain.
    (e) Persons may place a priority rating on orders only when they are 
in receipt of a rated order, have been explicitly authorized to do so by 
the Department of Commerce or a Delegate Agency, or are otherwise 
permitted to do so by this regulation.

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as 
amended at 63 FR 31921, June 11, 1998]