---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 342.1"
title: "18"
number: "342.1"
heading: "General rule."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/342.1"
---

# §342.1. General rule.


Each carrier subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act:

- (a) Must establish its initial rates subject to such Act pursuant to [§ 342.2](/cfr/18/342.2.md); and
- (b) Must make any change in existing rates pursuant to [§ 342.3](/cfr/18/342.3.md) or [§ 342.4](/cfr/18/342.4.md), whichever is applicable, unless directed otherwise by the Commission.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 571-83; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7532; 49 U.S.C. 60502; 49 App. U.S.C. 1-85.

### Source

Source: Order 561, 58 FR 58779, Nov. 4, 1993, unless otherwise noted.