---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 550.402"
title: "46"
number: "550.402"
heading: "Filing of petitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/550.402"
---

# §550.402. Filing of petitions.


All requests for relief from conditions unfavorable to shipping in the foreign trade must be by written petition. An original and fifteen copies of a petition for relief under the provisions of this part must be filed with the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573. The petition must be accompanied by remittance of a $450 filing fee.


## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 16898, Mar. 21, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. 301-307; sec. 19 (a)(2), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, 46 U.S.C. 42101 and 42104-42109; and sec. 10002 of the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988, 46 U.S.C. 42301-42307.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 64910, Dec. 10, 1993, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 8008, Feb. 18, 1999.

### Amendments

[88 FR 16898, Mar. 21, 2023]