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§ 21.11 Standard organization of the Code of Federal Regulations.

The standard organization consists of the following structural units:

(a) Titles, which are numbered consecutively in Arabic throughout the Code;

(b) Subtitles, which are lettered consecutively in capitals throughout the title;

(c) Chapters, which are numbered consecutively in Roman capitals throughout each title;

(d) Subchapters, which are lettered consecutively in capitals throughout the chapter;

(e) Parts, which are numbered in Arabic throughout each title;

(f) Subparts, which are lettered in capitals;

(g) Sections, which are numbered in Arabic throughout each part. A section number includes the number of the part followed by a period and the number of the section. For example, the section number for section 15 of part 21 is “§ 21.15”; and

(h) Paragraphs, which are designated as follows:

level 1 (a), (b), (c), etc.

level 2 (1), (2), (3), etc.

level 3 (i), (ii), (iii), etc.

level 4 (A), (B), (C), etc.

level 5 (1), (2), (3), etc.

level 6 (i), (ii), (iii), etc.

[54 FR 9682, Mar. 7, 1989; 54 FR 23343, May 31, 1989]