Sec. 73.23  AM broadcast station applications affected by international 
          agreements.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no 
application for an AM station will be accepted for filing if 
authorization of the facilities requested would be inconsistent with 
international commitments of the United States under treaties and other 
international agreements, arrangements and understandings. (See list of 
such international instruments in Sec. 73.1650(b)). Any such application 
that is inadvertently accepted for filing will be dismissed.
    (b) AM applications that involve conflicts only with the North 
American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), but that are in 
conformity with the remaining treaties and other international 
agreements listed in Sec. 73.1650(b) and with the other requirements of 
this part 73, will be granted subject to such modifications as the FCC 
may subsequently find appropriate, taking international considerations 
into account.
    (c) In the case of any application designated for hearing on issues 
other than those related to consistency with international relationships 
and as to which no final decision has been rendered, whenever action 
under this section becomes appropriate because of inconsistency with 
international relationships, the applicant involved shall, 
notwithstanding the provisions Secs. 73.3522 and 73.3571, be permitted 
to amend its application to achieve consistency with such relationships. 
In such cases the provisions of Sec. 73.3605(c) will apply.
    (d) In some circumstances, special international considerations may 
require that the FCC, in acting on applications, follow procedures 
different from those established for general use. In such cases, 
affected applicants will

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be informed of the procedures to be followed.

[ 56 FR 64856 , Dec. 12, 1991]