---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1502.23"
title: "16"
number: "1502.23"
heading: "Filing and service of submissions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1502.23"
---

# §1502.23. Filing and service of submissions.

- (a) **Submissions, including pleadings in a hearing, are to be filed with the Office of the Secretary.** Two copies shall be filed. To determine compliance with filing deadlines in a hearing, a submission is considered filed on the day of filing with or mailing to the Office of the Secretary. When this part allows a response to a submission and prescribes a period of time for the filing of the response, an additional 3 days are allowed for the filing of the response if the submission is served by mail.
- (b) The person making a submission shall serve copies of it on the other participants.
- (c) Service is accomplished by mailing a submission to the address shown in the notice of participation or by personal delivery.
- (d) All submissions are to be accompanied by a certificate of service or by a statement that service is not required, stating the reason therefor.
- (e) No written submission or other portion of the administrative record may be held in confidence, except as provided in [§ 1502.3](/cfr/16/1502.3.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1261(q)(1)(B), 1262(a), 1262(e), 1269(a); 15 U.S.C. 1474(a); 21 U.S.C. 371(e)-(g).

### Source

Source: 56 FR 9278, Mar. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted.