[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR280.201]

[Page 397]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 280--FASTENER QUALITY--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C--Enforcement
 
Sec. 280.201  Violations.

    (a) Engaging in prohibited conduct. No person may engage in any 
conduct prohibited by or contrary to, or refrain from engaging in any 
action required by the Act, this part, or any order issued thereunder.
    (b) Sale of fasteners. It shall be unlawful for a manufacturer or 
distributor, in conjunction with the sale or offer for sale of fasteners 
from a single lot, to knowingly misrepresent or falsify--
    (1) The record of conformance for the lot of fasteners;
    (2) The identification, characteristics, properties, mechanical or 
performance marks, chemistry, or strength of the lot of fasteners; or
    (3) The manufacturers' insignia.
    (c) Manufacturers' insignia. Unless the specifications provide 
otherwise, fasteners that are required by the applicable consensus 
standard or standards to bear an insignia identifying their manufacturer 
shall not be offered for sale or sold in commerce unless
    (1) The fasteners bear such insignia; and
    (2) The manufacturer has complied with the insignia recordation 
requirements established under 15 U.S.C. 5407(b).

[61 FR 50558, Sept. 26, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 18275, Apr. 14, 1998; 
63 FR 34965, June 26, 1998; 63 FR 51526, Sept. 28, 1998. Redesignated 
and amended at 65 FR 39802, June 28, 2000]