[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: 15CFR280.320]

[Page 397-398]
 
                  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 D--Recordal of Insignia
 
Sec. 280.320  Maintenance of the certificate of recordal.

    (a) Certificates of recordal remain in an active status for five 
years and may be maintained in an active status for subsequent five-year 
periods running consecutively from the date of issuance of the 
certificate of recordal upon compliance with the requirements of 
paragraph (c) of this section.
    (b) Maintenance applications shall be required only if the holder of 
the certificate of recordal is a manufacturer at the time the 
maintenance application is required.
    (c) Certificates of recordal will be designated as inactive unless, 
within six months prior to the expiration of each five-year period 
running consecutively from the date of issuance, the certificate holder 
files the prescribed maintenance fee and the maintenance

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application. The maintenance application must be in the English language 
and must include the following:
    (1) The name of the manufacturer;
    (2) The address of the manufacturer;
    (3) The entity, domicile, and state of incorporation, if applicable, 
of the manufacturer;
    (4) A copy of manufacturer's certificate of recordal;
    (5) A statement that the manufacturer will comply with the 
applicable provisions of the Fastener Quality Act;
    (6) A statement that the applicant for recordal is a 
``manufacturer'' as that term is defined in 15 U.S.C. 5402;
    (7) A statement that the person signing the application on behalf of 
the manufacturer has knowledge of the facts relevant to the application 
and that the person possesses the authority to act on behalf of the 
manufacturer;
    (8) A verification stating that the person signing declares under 
penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that 
the information and statements included in the application are true and 
correct; and
    (9) The maintenance application fee.
    (d) Where no maintenance application is timely filed, a certificate 
of recordal will be designated inactive. However, such certificate may 
be designated active if the certificate holder files the prescribed 
maintenance fee and application and the additional surcharge within six 
months following the expiration of the certificate of recordal.
    (e) After the six-month period following the expiration of the 
certificate of recordal, the certificate of recordal shall be deemed 
active only if the certificate holder files a new application for 
recordal with the prescribed fee for obtaining a fastener insignia and 
attaches a copy of the expired certificate of recordal.
    (f) A separate maintenance application and fee must be filed and 
paid for each recorded insignia.

[61 FR 50558, Sept. 26, 1996. Redesignated and amended at 65 FR 39803, 
39804, June 28, 2000]