[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: 15CFR9.2]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 9--PROCEDURES FOR A VOLUNTARY LABELING PROGRAM FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT TO EFFECT ENERGY CONSERVATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 9.2  Definitions.

    (a) The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce.
    (b) The term manufacturer means any person engaged in the 
manufacturing or assembling of new appliances or equipment in the United 
States, or in the importing of such products for sale or resale, or any 
person whose brand or trademark appears on such products who owns such 
brand or trademark and has authorized its use on such products, if the 
brand or trademark of the person actually manufacturing or assembling 
the products does not appear on the products.
    (c) The term energy consumption means the energy resources used by 
appliances or equipment under conditions of use approximating actual 
operating conditions insofar as practical as determined through test 
procedures contained or identified in a final Voluntary Energy 
Conservation Specification published under Sec. 9.4(e).
    (d) The term energy efficiency means the energy use of appliances or 
equipment relative to their output of services, as determined through 
test procedures contained or identified in a final Voluntary Energy 
Conservation Specification published under Sec. 9.4(e).
    (e) The term consumer means the first person who purchases a new 
appliance or item of equipment for purposes other than resale.
    (f) The term class of appliance or equipment means a group of 
appliances or equipment whose functions or features are similar, and 
whose functional output covers a range that may be of interest to 
consumers.
    (g) The term Specification means a Voluntary Energy Conservation 
Specification developed under Sec. 9.4.
    (h) The term label means printed matter affixed to or otherwise 
provided with appliances or equipment and

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meeting all the requirements called for in a Voluntary Energy 
Conservation Specification published under Sec. 9.4(e).

[38 FR 29574, Oct. 26, 1973, as amended at 40 FR 33966, Aug. 13, 1975]