[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR16.6]

[Page 176-177]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 16--PROCEDURES FOR A VOLUNTARY CONSUMER PRODUCT INFORMATION LABELING PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.6  Establishment of fees and charges.

    (a) The Secretary in conjunction with the use of the Working Capital 
Fund of the National Institute of Standards & Technology, as authorized 
under section 12 of the Act of March 3, 1901, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
278b), for this program, shall establish fees and charges for use of the 
Department of Commerce Label and Mark on each product. Such fees and 
charges shall be related to the number of units of products labeled, 
where appropriate. The fees and charges established by the Secretary, 
which may be revised by her

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when she deems it appropriate to do so, shall be in amounts calculated 
to make the operation of this program as self-sufficient as reasonable. 
A separate notice will be published in the Federal Register 
simultaneously with the notice of each proposed Specification referred 
to in Sec. 16.5(a). Such notice will set out a schedule of estimated 
fees and charges the Secretary proposes to establish. The notice would 
be furnished for informational and guidance purposes only in order that 
the public may evaluate the proposed Specification in light of the 
expected fees to be charged.
    (b) At such time as the Secretary publishes the notice announcing 
the final Specification referred to in Sec. 16.5(c)(1), she shall 
simultaneously publish a separate notice in the Federal Register setting 
forth the final schedule of fees that will be charged participants in 
the program. The effective date of such final schedule of fees shall be 
the same as the date on which the final Specification takes effect.
    (c) Revisions, if any, to the fees and charges established by the 
Secretary under paragraph (b) of this section shall be published in 
subsequent Federal Register notices and shall take effect not less than 
thirty (30) days after the date of publication of such notice.
    (d) The establishment of fees and charges under this section may, at 
any time, be suspended by the Secretary for any length of time.

[42 FR 26648, May 25, 1977, as amended at 42 FR 57686, Nov. 4, 1977; 55 
FR 38315, Sept. 18, 1990]