---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 20.42"
title: "21"
number: "20.42"
heading: "Aggregation of certain requests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/20.42"
---

# §20.42. Aggregation of certain requests.


The Food and Drug Administration may aggregate certain requests by the same requester, or by a group of requesters acting in concert, if the requests involve clearly related matters and the agency reasonably believes that such requests actually constitute a single request which would otherwise satisfy the unusual circumstances specified in [§ 20.41(b)(3)(ii)(B)](/cfr/21/20.41.md?p=b-3-ii-B). FDA may extend the time for processing aggregated requests in accordance with the unusual circumstances provisions of [§ 20.41](/cfr/21/20.41.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 25286, May 12, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 18 U.S.C. 1905; 19 U.S.C. 2531-2582; 21 U.S.C. 321-393, 1401-1403; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242, 242a, 242l, 242n, 243, 262, 263, 263b-263n, 264, 265, 300u-300u-5, 300aa-1.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 15616, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 25286, May 12, 2003]