---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 400.209"
title: "7"
number: "400.209"
heading: "Electronic transmission and receiving system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/400.209"
---

# §400.209. Electronic transmission and receiving system.


Any Contractor under the Contract is required to:

- (a) Adopt a plan for the purpose of transmitting and receiving electronically, information to and from the Corporation concerning the original executed crop insurance documents;
- (b) Maintain an electronic system which must be tested and approved by the Corporation;
- (c) Maintain Corporation approval of the electronic system as a condition to the electronic transmission and reception of data by the Contractor;
- (d) Utilize the Corporation approved automated data processing and electronic data transmission capabilities to process crop insurance documents as required herein; and
- (e) **Establish and maintain the electronic equipment and computer software program capability to—**
  - (1) Receive and store actuarial data electronically via telecommunications utilizing 3780 protocol and utilizing a BELL 208B or compatible modem at 4800 bits per second (bps);
  - (2) Enter and store information from original crop insurance documents into electronic format;
  - (3) Verify electronically stored information recorded from crop insurance documents with electronically stored actuarial information;
  - (4) Compute and print the data elements in the Summary of Protection;
  - (5) Transmit crop insurance data electronically, via 3780 protocol utilizing a BELL 208B or compatible modem at 4800 bps;
  - (6) Receive electronic acknowledgements, error messages, and other data via 3780 protocol utilizing a BELL 208B or compatible modem at 4800 bps, and relate error messages to original crop insurance documents; and
  - (7) **Store backup data and physical documents.** (The Corporation may approve other compatible specifications if accepted by the Corporation and if requested by the Contractor)

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1506, 1516.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 24015, June 27, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1506(1), 1506(o).