[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR700.80]

[Page 98]
 
                  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 K_Adjustments, Exceptions, and Appeals
 
Sec.  700.80  Adjustments or exceptions.


    (a) A person may submit a request to the Office of Strategic 
Industries and Economic Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, for an 
adjustment or exception on the ground that:
    (1) A provision of this regulation or an official action results in 
an undue or exceptional hardship on that person not suffered generally 
by others in similar situations and circumstances; or
    (2) The consequence of following a provision of this regulation or 
an official action is contrary to the intent of the Defense Production 
Act, the Selective Service Act and related statutes, or this regulation.
    (b) Each request for adjustment or exception must be in writing and 
contain a complete statement of all the facts and circumstances related 
to the provision of this regulation or official action from which 
adjustment is sought and a full and precise statement of the reasons why 
relief should be provided.
    (c) The submission of a request for adjustment or exception shall 
not relieve any person from the obligation of complying with the 
provision of this regulation or official action in question while the 
request is being considered unless such interim relief is granted in 
writing by the Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security.
    (d) A decision of the Office of Strategic Industries and Economic 
Security under this section may be appealed to the Assistant Secretary 
for Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. (For information 
on the appeal procedure, see Sec.  700.81.)

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as 
amended at 63 FR 31924, 31925, June 11, 1998]