[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR529.5]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 529--MANUFACTURERS OF MULTISTAGE AUTOMOBILES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 529.5  Requirements for intermediate manufacturers.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section and in 
Sec. 529.6, each intermediate manufacturer whose manufacturing 
operations on an incomplete automobile cause it to exceed the maximum 
curb weight or maximum frontal area set forth in the document furnished 
it by the incomplete automobile manufacturer under Sec. 529.4(c)(1) or 
by a previous intermediate manufacturer under paragraph (b) of this 
section, as appropriate, is considered the manufacturer of the 
multistage automobile manufactured from that automobile for the purpose 
of the requirements of Title V and rules issued thereunder, other than 
that in part 537, Fuel Economy Reports.
    (b) Each intermediate manufacturer of an incomplete automobile shall 
furnish, in the manner specified in Sec. 529.4(c), to the subsequent 
manufacturer of that automobile the document required by Sec. 529.4(b) 
regarding that automobile. If any of the changes in the automobile made 
by the intermediate manufacturer affect the validity of the fuel economy 
values or other statement in the document or any addendum attached to 
the document by a previous manufacturer of the automobile, the 
intermediate manufacturer shall furnish an addendum to the document that 
contains its name and mailing address and an indication of all changes 
that should be made in the document to reflect changes that it made in 
the automobile.
    (c) Each intermediate manufacturer that is required by paragraph (b) 
of this section to furnish an addendum to a document required by 
Sec. 529.4(b) shall, within 10 days after completing its manufacturing 
operations, send a copy of the document and addendum to the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the 
manufacturer previously considered under this part to be the 
manufacturer of the automobile.
    (d)(1) If the intermediate manufacturer's manufacturing operations 
on an incomplete automobile cause it to exceed the maximum curb weight 
or maximum frontal area set forth in the document furnished it by the 
incomplete automobile manufacturer under Sec. 529.4(c)(1) or a previous 
intermediate manufacturer under paragraph (b) of this section, as 
appropriate, that manufacturer shall prepare a new fuel economy label 
for that automobile in accordance with 40 CFR part 600.
    (2) If neither the intermediate manufacturer of an incomplete 
automobile nor any previous manufacturer of that automobile has placed 
the portion of the body including the windshield and front seat side 
windows on that automobile, the intermediate manufacturer shall send the 
fuel economy label furnished it by the incomplete automobile 
manufacturer under Sec. 529.4(c)(2)(i) or a previous intermediate 
manufacturer under paragraph (d)(2) of this section or prepared by it 
under paragraph (d)(1) of this section, as appropriate, directly to the 
subsequent manufacturer to which that automobile is delivered.
    (3) If the intermediate manufacturer places the portion of the body 
including the windshield and front seat side windows on the incomplete 
automobile, that manufacturer shall attach the fuel economy label 
furnished it under Sec. 529.4(c)(i) or paragraph (d)(2) of this section 
or the fuel economy label prepared by it under paragraph (d)(1) of this 
section, as appropriate, to that

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automobile in accordance with 40 CFR part 600.
    (4) The intermediate manufacturer shall attach to the incomplete 
automobile in accordance with 40 CFR part 600 a fuel economy label 
identical to the label that is required under this part to have been 
prepared by the manufacturer considered under this part to be the 
manufacturer of that automobile if:
    (i) The portion of the body including the windshield and front seat 
side windows was added to the incomplete automobile by a previous 
manufacturer;
    (ii) The intermediate manufacturer's manufacturing operations do not 
cause that automobile to exceed either of the maxima specified in 
paragraph (d)(1) of this section; and
    (iii) That label is not on that automobile when received by the 
intermediate manufacturer or is removed from that automobile while it is 
in the possession of that manufacturer.
    (5) Upon request by a subsequent intermediate manufacturer or by a 
final-stage manufacturer for a copy of a fuel economy label prepared by 
the intermediate manufacturer under paragraph (d)(1) of this section for 
one of its incomplete automobiles, identified by the requesting 
manufacturer in the same fashion as in the document specified in 
Sec. 529.4(b)(1), the intermediate manufacturer shall send that 
manufacturer a copy of that label.