---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 217.62"
title: "10"
number: "217.62"
heading: "Directives."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/217.62"
---

# §217.62. Directives.

- (a) A Directive is an official action that requires a person to take or refrain from taking certain actions in accordance with its provisions.
- (b) A person must comply with each Directive issued. However, a person may not use or extend a Directive to obtain any items from a supplier, unless expressly authorized to do so in the Directive.
- (c) A Priorities Directive takes precedence over all DX-rated orders, DO-rated orders, and unrated orders previously or subsequently received, unless a contrary instruction appears in the Directive.
- (d) An Allocations Directive takes precedence over all Priorities Directives, DX-rated orders, DO-rated orders, and unrated orders previously or subsequently received, unless a contrary instruction appears in the Directive.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 4501-4568; E.O. 12919, as amended, (59 FR 29525 June 7, 1994).

### Source

Source: 76 FR 33619, June 9, 2011, unless otherwise noted.