[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: 49CFR568.7]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 568--VEHICLES MANUFACTURED IN TWO OR MORE STAGES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 568.7  Requirements for manufacturers who assume legal responsibility for the vehicle.

    (a) If an incomplete vehicle manufacturer assumes legal 
responsibility for all duties and liabilities imposed on manufacturers 
by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 1381 
through 1425) (hereafter referred to as the Act), with respect to the 
vehicle as finally manufactured, the requirements of Secs. 568.4, 568.5 
and 568.6(b) do not apply to that vehicle. In such a case, the 
incomplete vehicle manufacturer shall ensure that a label is affixed to 
the final vehicle in conformity with Sec. 567.5(e) of this chapter.
    (b) If an intermediate manufacturer of a vehicle assumes legal 
responsibility for all duties and liabilities imposed on manufacturers 
by the Act, with respect to the vehicle as finally manufactured, 
Secs. 568.5 and 568.6(b) do not apply to that vehicle. In such a case, 
the manufacturer assuming responsibility shall ensure that a label is 
affixed to the final vehicle in conformity with Sec. 567.5(f) of this 
chapter. The assumption of responsibility by an intermediate 
manufacturer does not, however, change the requirements for incomplete 
vehicle manufacturers in Sec. 568.4.

[36 FR 7057, Apr. 14, 1971, as amended at 42 FR 37817, July 25, 1977]