---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 512.216"
title: "48"
number: "512.216"
heading: "Unenforceability of unauthorized obligations (FAR DEVIATION)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/512.216"
---

# §512.216. Unenforceability of unauthorized obligations (FAR DEVIATION).


GSA has a deviation to FAR 12.216 for this section. For commercial contracts, supplier license agreements are referred to as commercial supplier agreements (defined in 502.101). Paragraph (u) of clause 552.212-4 prevents violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act ([31 U.S.C. 1341](/usc/31/1341.md)) for supplies or services acquired subject to a commercial supplier agreement.


## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 7634, Feb. 22, 2018, as amended at 89 FR 55086, July 3, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Amendments

[83 FR 7634, Feb. 22, 2018, as amended at 89 FR 55086, July 3, 2024]