{"abstract":"This final rule sets forth the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to implement the use of redesigned pressure-sensitive package labels. The redesigned labels-- similar to the current labels that mailers affix to the top mailpiece in packages of mailpieces (bundles of individual mailpieces secured together) instead of using optional endorsement lines (OELs)--will continue to indicate the presort level of all the pieces banded into individual presort destination packages. The redesigned pressure-sensitive package labels will support the deployment of a new system, designated as the Automated Package Processing System (APPS), that will extend the benefits of automated handling to the processing of small, lightweight parcels and flat-size pieces such as magazines and catalogs prepared in packages (several mailpieces presorted and secured together into a single unit). Mailers may begin affixing the new labels starting on October 16, 2003. Mailers using the current nonbarcoded pressure-sensitive labels may continue using those labels until April 1, 2004.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"POSTAL SERVICE","name":"Postal Service","id":410,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/postal-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/410","parent_id":null,"slug":"postal-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2003/10/17/03-26299.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":111,"title":39}],"citation":"68 FR 59731","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This final rule takes effect on October 30, 2003.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"03-26299","effective_on":"2003-10-30","end_page":59741,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2003/10/17/03-26299.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/10/17/03-26299/revised-format-for-pressure-sensitive-presort-destination-package-labels","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/03-26299?publication_date=2003-10-17","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2003-10-17/03-26299/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":11,"page_views":{"count":22,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 14:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-10-17/pdf/03-26299.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2003-10-17","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2003/10/17/03-26299.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":59731,"subtype":null,"title":"Revised Format for Pressure-Sensitive Presort Destination Package Labels","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":["Postal Service"],"type":"Rule","volume":68}