---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2640.205"
title: "5"
number: "2640.205"
heading: "Employee responsibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2640.205"
---

# §2640.205. Employee responsibility.


Prior to taking official action in a matter which an employee knows would affect his financial interest or the interest of another person specified in [18 U.S.C. 208(a)](/usc/18/208.md?p=a), an employee must determine whether one of the exemptions in §§ [2640.201](/cfr/5/2640.201.md), [2640.202](/cfr/5/2640.202.md), or [2640.203](/cfr/5/2640.203.md) would permit his action notwithstanding the existence of the disqualifying interest. An employee who is unsure whether an exemption is applicable in a particular case, should consult an agency ethics official prior to taking action in a particular matter.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 18 U.S.C. 208; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 66841, Dec. 18, 1996, unless otherwise noted.