---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 381.103"
title: "18"
number: "381.103"
heading: "Filings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/381.103"
---

# §381.103. Filings.

- (a) **Submittal of fees.** Except as provided in §§ [274.201(e)](/cfr/18/274.201.md?p=e) and [381.106](/cfr/18/381.106.md), a fee in the amount set forth in this part shall accompany each filing for which a fee has been established.
- (b) **Deficiencies.**
  - (1) Any filing that is not accompanied by either the fee established for that filing or a petition for waiver in accordance with [§ 381.106(b)](/cfr/18/381.106.md?p=b) is deficient.
  - (2) The Secretary will inform any person submitting a deficient filing that:
    - (i) Such filing will be rejected unless the appropriate fee is submitted within a time specified by the Secretary;
    - (ii) The Commission will not process any filing that is deficient under this paragraph; and
    - (iii) **The date of filing is the date on which the Commission receives the appropriate fee.**
  - (3) **This provision does not preclude a determination that a filing is deficient for any other reason.**
- (c) **Choice of two or more fees.** If a filing for one service or benefit may be considered as falling within two or more categories or services for which a fee is established, that filing must be accompanied by the higher or highest of the applicable fees.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Order 360, 49 FR 5081, Feb. 10, 1984, as amended by Order 394, 49 FR 35365, Sept. 7, 1984]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717-717w; 16 U.S.C. 791-828c, 2601-2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352; 49 U.S.C. 60502; 49 App. U.S.C. 1-85.

### Source

Source: Order 360, 49 FR 5081, Feb. 10, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Order 360, 49 FR 5081, Feb. 10, 1984, as amended by Order 394, 49 FR 35365, Sept. 7, 1984]