---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1425.9"
title: "7"
number: "1425.9"
heading: "Open membership."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1425.9"
---

# §1425.9. Open membership.

- (a) The CMA must provide CCC documented proof that the CMA admits every membership applicant who is eligible under the statute regulating the CMA.
- (b) Notwithstanding [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, a CMA may refuse membership to an applicant whose admission would prejudice, hinder, or otherwise obstruct the interests or purposes of the CMA.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 17312, Apr. 9, 1998, as amended at 80 FR 131, Jan. 2, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1441 and 1421, 7 U.S.C. 7931-7939; and 15 U.S.C. 714b, 714c, and 714j.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 17312, Apr. 9, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 17312, Apr. 9, 1998, as amended at 80 FR 131, Jan. 2, 2015]