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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 225: Foreign Acquisition › Subpart 225.8

DFARS 225.873-1 Policy.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

DoD and the U.K. have agreed to waive certain U.K. commercial exploitation levies and U.S. nonrecurring cost recoupment charges on a reciprocal basis. For U.K. levies to be waived, the offeror or contractor must identify the levies and the contracting officer must request a waiver before the contract or subcontract is awarded.

Applies to: Offerors and contractors subject to U.K. commercial exploitation levies on DoD contracts or subcontracts

What it requires

  • Identify the U.K. levies

Key terms: commercial exploitation levies · nonrecurring cost recoupment charges · reciprocal basis · waiver · offeror

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

DoD and the Government of the United Kingdom (U.K.) have agreed to waive U.K. commercial exploitation levies and U.S. nonrecurring cost recoupment charges on a reciprocal basis. For U.K. levies to be waived, the offeror or contractor shall identify the levies and the contracting officer shall request a waiver before award of the contract or subcontract under which the levies are charged.

← 225.873 Waiver of United Kingdom commercial exploitation levies. · 225.873-2 Procedures. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 225

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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