---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 530.12"
title: "46"
number: "530.12"
heading: "Rules and notices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/530.12"
---

# §530.12. Rules and notices.

- (a) **Location—**
  - (1) **Generally.** A statement of service contract rules and notices may be published as a separate part of the individual ocean common carrier's automated tariff system.
  - (2) **Multi-party service contracts.** For service contracts in which more than one carrier participates or is eligible to participate, a statement of service contract rules and notices may be published:
    - (i) If the service contract is entered into under the authority of a conference agreement, then in that conference's automated tariff system;
    - (ii) If the service contract is entered into under the authority of a non-conference agreement, then in each of the participating or eligible-to-participate carriers' individual automated tariff systems, clearly indicating the relevant FMC-assigned agreement number.
- (b) **Certainty of terms.** A statement of service contract rules and notices described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section may not:
  - (1) Be uncertain, vague, or ambiguous; or
  - (2) Make reference to terms not explicitly detailed in the statement of service contract rules and notices, unless those terms are contained in a publication widely available to the public and well known within the industry.
- (c) **Agents.** Common carriers, conferences, or agreements may use agents to meet their publication requirements under this part.
- (d) **Commission listing.** The Commission will publish on its website, www.fmc.gov, a listing of the locations of all service contract rules and notices.

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 38089, June 25, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C., 40301-40306, 40501-40503, 41307, 46105.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 11206, Mar. 8, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 38089, June 25, 2020]