Subpart A. Subpart A—Requirements

• Definitions

  • SECTION § 27.1 - Meaning of words.
  • SECTION § 27.2 - Terms defined.

• General

  • SECTION § 27.3 - Requirements of subsection 15b(f) of the Act.
  • SECTION § 27.4 - Obligations and rights under Act: not affected by regulations.
  • SECTION § 27.5 - Effect of amendments.

• Administration

  • SECTION § 27.8 - Director.
  • SECTION § 27.9 - Classing Offices; Quality Assurance Division.
  • SECTION § 27.10 - Supervision of cotton inspection, weighing, sampling; and other duties.
  • SECTION § 27.11 - Area Director, Marketing Services Office; responsibility.

• Classification Requests

  • SECTION § 27.12 - Classification request for each lot of cotton.
  • SECTION § 27.13 - Micronaire determination request incidental to classification request.
  • SECTION § 27.14 - Filing of classification requests.
  • SECTION § 27.15 - Withdrawal or rejection of classification or Micronaire determination requests.

• Inspection and Samples

  • SECTION § 27.16 - Inspection; weighing; samples; supervision.
  • SECTION § 27.18 - Persons not to be employed for inspection or sampling.
  • SECTION § 27.20 - Drawing and handling of samples of cotton; inspection of bales.
  • SECTION § 27.21 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 27.22 - Wrapping and marking of samples of cotton.
  • SECTION § 27.23 - Duplicate sets of samples of cotton.
  • SECTION § 27.24 - Delivery of samples of cotton.
  • SECTION § 27.25 - Additional samples of cotton; drawing.
  • SECTION § 27.28 - Disposition of samples.

• Classification and Micronaire Determinations

  • SECTION § 27.31 - Classification of cotton.
  • SECTION § 27.32 - Order of classification.
  • SECTION § 27.33 - Exposing of samples for classification.
  • SECTION § 27.34 - Classification procedure.
  • SECTION § 27.35 - Lower class of two samples to prevail.
  • SECTION § 27.36 - Classification determinations based on official standards.
  • SECTION § 27.37 - Cotton reduced in grade.
  • SECTION § 27.38 - Terms defined for purposes of classification.

• Cotton Class Certificates

  • SECTION § 27.39 - Issuance of classification records.
  • SECTION § 27.40 - New certificates; conditions of issuance.
  • SECTION § 27.41 - Lost certificate; duplicate.
  • SECTION § 27.42 - Surrender of certificate.
  • SECTION § 27.43 - Validity of cotton class certificates.
  • SECTION § 27.44 - Invalidity of cotton class certificates.
  • SECTION § 27.45 - No storage of cotton for classification at disapproved place.
  • SECTION § 27.46 - Cotton withdrawn from storage.
  • SECTION § 27.47 - Tender or delivery of cotton; conditions.

• Delayed Certification

  • SECTION § 27.52 - Delivery without certification.
  • SECTION § 27.53 - Notice for delayed certification; requirements.
  • SECTION § 27.54 - Inspection and sampling for delayed certification.
  • SECTION § 27.55 - Requirements in lieu of cotton class certificates on delivery day.

• Postponed Classification

  • SECTION § 27.57 - Request for postponement.
  • SECTION § 27.58 - Postponed classification; must be within 30 days.
  • SECTION § 27.59 - Postponed classification; interference.
  • SECTION § 27.60 - When original request deemed withdrawn.
  • SECTION §§ 27.61-27.72 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 27.73 - Supervision of transfers of cotton.

• Costs of Classification and Micronaire

  • SECTION § 27.80 - Fees; review classification, futures classification and supervision.
  • SECTION § 27.81 - Fees; certificates.
  • SECTION § 27.83 - No fees for certain certificates.
  • SECTION § 27.85 - Fees; withdrawn requests or applications.
  • SECTION § 27.87 - Fees; classification and Micronaire determination information.
  • SECTION § 27.89 - Expenses; inspection; sampling.
  • SECTION § 27.90 - Bills for payment of fees and expenses.
  • SECTION § 27.91 - Advance deposit may be required.
  • SECTION § 27.92 - Method of payment; advance deposit.

• Spot Markets

  • SECTION § 27.93 - Bona fide spot markets.
  • SECTION § 27.94 - Spot markets for contract settlement purposes.

• Price Quotations and Differences

  • SECTION § 27.95 - Spot markets to conform to Act and regulations.
  • SECTION § 27.96 - Quotations in bona fide spot markets.
  • SECTION § 27.97 - Ascertaining the accuracy of price quotations.
  • SECTION § 27.98 - Value of grade where no sale; determination.
  • SECTION § 27.99 - Values; expression.
  • SECTION § 27.100 - Administration.