CFR > Title 39 - Postal Service > CHAPTER III—POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION > SUBCHAPTER A—PERSONNEL (parts 3000 to 3060) > PART 3010—REGULATION OF RATES FOR MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS > SUBPART B—Rules for Rate Adjustments for Rates of General Applicability (Type 1-A and 1-B Rate Adjustments) (§3010.10 to §3010.14) > 3010.11—Limit on size of rate increases.

3010.11—Limit on size of rate increases.

(a) Rate increases for each class of market dominant products in any 12-month period are limited.
(b) Rates of general applicability are subject to an inflation-based limitation computed using CPI-U values as detailed in § 3010.12.
(c) An exception to the inflation-based limitation allows a limited annual recapture of unused rate authority. The amount of unused rate authority is measured separately for each class of mail.
(d) In any 12-month period the inflation-based limitation combined with the allowable recapture of unused rate authority equals the price cap applicable to each class of mail.