---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 241.201"
title: "48"
number: "241.201"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/241.201"
---

# §241.201. Policy.

- (1) DoD, as a matter of comity, generally complies with the current regulations, practices, and decisions of independent regulatory bodies. This policy does not extend to nonindependent regulatory bodies.
- (2) Purchases of utility services outside the United States may use—
  - (i) Formats and technical provisions consistent with local practice; and
  - (ii) **Dual language forms and contracts.**
- (3) **Rates established by an independent regulatory body—**
  - (i) Are considered “prices set by law or regulation”;
  - (ii) Are sufficient to set prices without obtaining certified cost or pricing data (see FAR [subpart 15.4](/cfr/48/subpart15.4.md)); and
  - (iii) **Are a valid basis on which prices can be determined fair and reasonable.**
- (4) Compliance with the regulations, practices, and decisions of independent regulatory bodies as a matter of comity is not a substitute for the procedures at FAR 41.202(a).

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 3418, Jan. 23, 2006, as amended at 77 FR 76940, Dec. 31, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 11539, Mar. 9, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 3418, Jan. 23, 2006, as amended at 77 FR 76940, Dec. 31, 2012]