[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: 49CFR568.3]

[Page 170-171]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 568--VEHICLES MANUFACTURED IN TWO OR MORE STAGES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 568.3  Definitions.

    Completed vehicle means a vehicle that requires no further 
manufacturing operations to perform its intended function, other than 
the addition of readily attachable components, such as mirrors or tire 
and rim assemblies, or minor finishing operations such as painting.
    Final-stage manufacturer means a person who performs such 
manufacturing operations on an incomplete vehicle that it becomes a 
completed vehicle.

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    Incomplete vehicle means an assemblage consisting, as a minimum, of 
frame and chassis structure, power train, steering system, suspension 
system, and braking system, to the extent that those systems are to be 
part of the completed vehicle, that requires further manufacturing 
operations, other than the addition of readily attachable components, 
such as mirrors or tire and rim assemblies, or minor finishing 
operations such as painting, to become a completed vehicle.
    Intermediate manufacturer means a person, other than the incomplete 
vehicle manufacturer or the final-stage manufacturer, who performs 
manufacturing operations on an incomplete vehicle.
    Incomplete vehicle manufacturer means a person who manufactures an 
incomplete vehicle by assembling components none of which, taken 
separately, constitute an incomplete vehicle.

[36 FR 7057, Apr. 14, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 10938, June 1, 1972]