{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s40503","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f40503.","heading":"Refunds and waivers","text":"\u00a7\u202f40503.\nRefunds and waivers\nThe Federal Maritime Commission, on application of a carrier or shipper, may permit a common carrier or conference to refund a portion of the freight charges collected from a shipper, or to waive collection of a portion of the charges from a shipper, if\u2014\n(1) there is an error in a tariff, a failure to publish a new tariff, or an error in quoting a tariff, and the refund or waiver will not result in discrimination among shippers, ports, or carriers;\n(2) the common carrier or conference, before filing an application for authority to refund or waive any charges for an error in a tariff or a failure to publish a tariff, has published a new tariff setting forth the rate on which the refund or waiver would be based; and\n(3) the application for the refund or waiver is filed with the Commission within 180 days from the date of shipment.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s40503.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s40503","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f40503."},{"t":"heading","text":"Refunds and waivers","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Federal Maritime Commission, on application of a carrier or shipper, may permit a common carrier or conference to refund a portion of the freight charges collected from a shipper, or to waive collection of a portion of the charges from a shipper, if\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s40503/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" there is an error in a tariff, a failure to publish a new tariff, or an error in quoting a tariff, and the refund or waiver will not result in discrimination among shippers, ports, or carriers;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s40503/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the common carrier or conference, before filing an application for authority to refund or waive any charges for an error in a tariff or a failure to publish a tariff, has published a new tariff setting forth the rate on which the refund or waiver would be based; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s40503/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the application for the refund or waiver is filed with the Commission within 180 days from the date of shipment.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}