---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 101.62"
title: "45"
number: "101.62"
heading: "Directives."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/101.62"
---

# §101.62. Directives.

- (a) A Directive is an official action that requires a person to take or refrain from taking certain actions in accordance with its provisions.
- (b) A person must comply with each Directive issued. However, a person may not use or extend a Directive to obtain any items from a supplier, unless expressly authorized to do so in the Directive.
- (c) A Directive takes precedence over all DX rated orders, DO rated orders, and unrated orders previously or subsequently received, unless a contrary instruction appears in the Directive.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501, et seq. ), and Executive Order 13603 (77 FR 16651, 3 CFR, March 16, 2012).

### Source

Source: 89 FR 9025, Feb. 9, 2024, unless otherwise noted.