Article 82. Status of case under consideration

82.1. Maintenance of prevailing usage

When a case is under consideration by the Commission, prevailing usage (see Glossary) of names is to be maintained until the ruling of the Commission is published.

82.2. Date when consideration is deemed to begin

A case is deemed to be under consideration by the Commission from the date of publication in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature of the notice of receipt of the case.