# Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: Impact of Post-Default Agreements on Trust Protection Eligibility
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 2011-04-12 · Effective 2011-04-13 · 76 FR 20217
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-8718
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 20217
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 46
- **Publication date:** 2011-04-12
- **Effective date:** 2011-04-13
- **USDA docket:** Document Number AMS-FV-09-0047
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is amending the regulations under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) to allow, if there is a default in payment as defined in the regulations, a seller, supplier, or agent who has met the PACA trust eligibility requirements to enter into a scheduled agreement for payment of the past due amount without foregoing its trust eligibility. USDA is also amending 7 CFR 46.46(e)(2) by adding the words "prior to the transaction." This change clarifies that the 30-day maximum time period for payment to which a seller can agree and still qualify for coverage under the trust refers to pre-transaction agreements.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/04/12/2011-8718/perishable-agricultural-commodities-act-impact-of-post-default-agreements-on-trust-protection)
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