---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 3012.1"
title: "39"
number: "3012.1"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/3012.1"
---

# §3012.1. Applicability.

- (a) The rules in this section are applicable to all Commission proceedings except for the instances identified in [paragraphs (b) through (d)](#b..d) of this section.
- (b) The rules in this section are not applicable to public inquiry (PI) proceedings, undertaken to gather information and which are not intended to result in a binding Commission decision.
- (c) The rules in this section are not applicable to international mail (IM) proceedings undertaken pursuant to [part 3025](/cfr/39/part3025.md) of this chapter.
- (d) The rules in this section are not applicable to specifically identified proceedings upon written directive from the Commission.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 42541, June 30, 2016, as amended at 85 FR 9645, Feb. 19, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 404(d)(5); 503; 504; 3661(c); 3662.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 42541, June 30, 2016, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 85 FR 9615, Feb. 19, 2020.

### Amendments

[81 FR 42541, June 30, 2016, as amended at 85 FR 9645, Feb. 19, 2020]