[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR501.8]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 501_AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE
 
Sec.  501.8  Postage Evidencing System test and approval.

    (a) To receive Postal Service approval, each Postage Evidencing 
System must be submitted by the provider and evaluated by the Postal 
Service in accordance with the Postage Evidencing Product Submission 
Procedures published by PTM. The current version of the Product 
Submission Procedures

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may be found on the Postal Service Web site at http://www.usps.com/
postagesolutions/programdoc.html or requests for copies may be submitted 
via mail to the address in 501.2(g). These procedures apply to all 
proposed Postage Evidencing Systems regardless of whether the provider 
is currently authorized by the Postal Service to distribute Postage 
Evidencing Systems. All testing required by the Postal Service will be 
an expense of the provider.
    (b) As provided in Sec.  501.11, the provider has a duty to report 
security weaknesses to the Postal Service to ensure that each approved 
Postage Evidencing System protects the Postal Service against loss of 
revenue at all times. A grant of approval of a system does not 
constitute an irrevocable determination that the Postal Service is 
satisfied with the revenue-protection capabilities of the system. After 
approval is granted to manufacture and/or distribute a Postage 
Evidencing System, no change affecting its basic features or safeguards 
may be made except as authorized or ordered by the Postal Service in 
writing.