---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 33.36"
title: "49"
number: "33.36"
heading: "Changes or cancellations of priority ratings and rated orders."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/33.36"
---

# §33.36. Changes or cancellations of priority ratings and rated orders.

- (a) The priority rating on a rated order may be changed or canceled by:
  - (1) An official action of the Department of Transportation; or
  - (2) **Written notification from the person who placed the rated order.**
- (b) If an unrated order is amended so as to make it a rated order, or a DO rating is changed to a DX rating, the supplier must give the appropriate preferential treatment to the order as of the date the change is received by the supplier.
- (c) An amendment to a rated order that significantly alters a supplier's original production or delivery schedule shall constitute a new rated order as of the date of its receipt. The supplier must accept or reject the amended order according to the provisions of [§ 33.33](/cfr/49/33.33.md).
- (d) **The following amendments do not constitute a new rated order—** a change in shipping destination; a reduction in the total amount of the order; an increase in the total amount of the order which has negligible impact upon deliveries; a minor variation in size or design; or a change which is agreed upon between the supplier and the customer.
- (e) If a person no longer needs items or services to fill a rated order, any rated orders placed with suppliers for the items or services, or the priority rating on those orders, must be canceled.
- (f) When a priority rating is added to an unrated order, or is changed or canceled, all suppliers must be promptly notified in writing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 82; 50 U.S.C. App. §§ 2061-2171; 50 U.S.C. App § 468; Executive Order 12742, (56 FR 1079, January 8, 1991); Executive Order 13603, (77 FR 16651, March 16, 2012).

### Source

Source: 77 FR 59801, Oct. 1, 2012, unless otherwise noted.