[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: 15CFR16.7]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 16--PROCEDURES FOR A VOLUNTARY CONSUMER PRODUCT INFORMATION LABELING PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.7  Participation in program.

    (a) Any manufacturer, assembler, or private brand labeler of 
consumer products or importer of such products for resale, desiring to 
participate in this program will so notify the Secretary. The 
notification will identify the particular Specification to be used and 
the prospective participant's identification and model numbers for the 
products to be labeled. The notification must include a statement that 
if accepted as a participant in the program by the Secretary, the 
prospective participant will:
    (1) Abide by all conditions imposed by these procedures:
    (2) Abide by the conditions contained in the Specification, as 
prescribed in paragraph (d) of this section;
    (3) Pay the fees and charges established by the Secretary; and
    (4) Desist from using the Department of Commerce label and Mark if 
his participation is terminated under Sec. 16.8.
    (b) The Secretary shall act expeditiously on all requests to 
participate in the program and shall notify each prospective participant 
of her decision in writing. In those instances where the Secretary 
declines a request, she shall state the reasons for so declining.
    (c) If a prospective participant seeking to participate in the 
program is notified by the Secretary that she proposes to deny that 
prospective participant the right to participate, that prospective 
participant shall have thirty (30) days from the receipt of such 
notification to request a hearing under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 556. 
The Secretary's proposed denial shall become final through the issuance 
of a written decision to such prospective participant in the event that 
he does not appeal such notification by the end of the thirty (30) day 
period. If however, such prospective participant requests a hearing 
within that thirty (30) day period, the Secretary's proposed denial 
shall be stayed pending the outcome of the hearing held pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 556.
    (d) The conditions set out in each Specification will include, but 
not be limited to, the following:
    (1) Prior to the use of a Label, the participant will make or have 
made the measurements to obtain the information required for inclusion 
on the Label and, if requested, will forward within 30 days such 
measurement data to the Secretary. Such measurement data will be kept on 
file by the participant or his agent for two years after that product is 
no longer manufactured unless otherwise provided in the Specification.
    (2) The participant will describe the test results on the Label as 
prescribed in the Specification.
    (3) The participant will display or arrange to display, in 
accordance with the appropriate Specification, the Label on or with each 
individual product of the type covered except for units

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exported from the U.S. Participants who utilized more than one brand 
name may participate by labeling some or all of the brand names. All 
models with the same brand name must be included in the program unless 
they are for export only.
    (4) The participant agrees at his expense to comply with any 
reasonable request of the Secretary to have consumer products 
manufactured, assembled, imported, or privately brand labeled by him 
tested to determine that testing has been done according to the relevant 
Specification.
    (5) Participants may reproduce the Department of Commerce Label and 
Mark in advertising: Provided, That the entire Label, complete with all 
information required to be displayed at the point of retail sale, is 
shown legibly and is not combined or associated directly with any other 
mark or logo.