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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">241.201</ph> Policy.</title>
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         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1)  DoD, as a matter of comity, generally complies with the current regulations, practices, and decisions of independent regulatory bodies.  This policy does not extend to nonindependent regulatory bodies.</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2)  Purchases of utility services outside the United States may use—</p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i)  Formats and technical provisions consistent with local practice; and</p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii)  Dual language forms and contracts.</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(3)  Rates established by an independent regulatory body—</p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(i)  Are considered “prices set by law or regulation”;</p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(ii)  Are sufficient to set prices without obtaining certified cost or pricing data (see FAR subpart 15.4); and</p>
         <p outputclass="List3" class="- topic/p ">(iii)  Are a valid basis on which prices can be determined fair and reasonable.</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(4)  Compliance with the regulations, practices, and decisions of independent regulatory bodies as a matter of comity is not a substitute for the procedures at FAR 41.202(a).</p>
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