---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 13.20"
title: "21"
number: "13.20"
heading: "Submissions to a Board."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/13.20"
---

# §13.20. Submissions to a Board.

- (a) Submissions are to be filed with the Dockets Management Staff under [§ 10.20](/cfr/21/10.20.md).
- (b) The person making a submission shall serve copies of it on each participant in the proceeding, except as provided in §§ [13.10(b)(2)](/cfr/21/13.10.md?p=b-2) and [13.45](/cfr/21/13.45.md). Submissions of documentary data and information need not be sent to each participant, but any accompanying transmittal letter, summary, statement of position, certification under [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section, or similar document must be.
- (c) A submission must be mailed to the address shown in the notice of appearance or personally delivered.
- (d) All submissions are to be accompanied by a certificate of service, or a statement that service is not required.
- (e) No written submission or other portion of the administrative record may be held in confidence, except as provided in §§ [13.10(b)(2)](/cfr/21/13.10.md?p=b-2) and [13.45](/cfr/21/13.45.md).
- (f) A participant who believes that compliance with the requirements of this section constitutes an unreasonable financial burden may submit to the Commissioner a petition to participate in forma pauperis in the form and manner specified in [§ 12.82](/cfr/21/12.82.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551-558, 701-721; 15 U.S.C. 1451-1461; 21 U.S.C. 141-149, 321-393, 467f, 679, 821, 1034; 28 U.S.C. 2112; 42 U.S.C. 201, 262, 263b-263n, 264.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 22348, Apr. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted.