[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR703.1]

[Page 535-536]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 703--INFORMAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 703.1  Definitions.

    (a) The Act means the Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade 
Commission Improvement Act, 15 U.S.C. 2301, et seq.
    (b) Consumer product means any tangible personal property which is 
distributed in commerce and which is normally used for personal, family, 
or household purposes (including any such property intended to be 
attached to or installed in any real property without

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regard to whether it is so attached or installed).
    (c) Written warranty means:
    (1) Any written affirmation of fact or written promise made in 
connection with the sale of a consumer product by a supplier to a buyer 
which relates to the nature of the material or workmanship and affirms 
or promises that such material or workmanship is defect free or will 
meet a specified level of performance over a specified period of time, 
or
    (2) Any undertaking in writing in connection with the sale by a 
supplier of a consumer product to refund, repair, replace, or take other 
remedial action with respect to such product in the event that such 
product fails to meet the specifications set forth in the undertaking, 
which written affirmation, promise or undertaking becomes part of the 
basis of the bargain between a supplier and a buyer for purposes other 
than resale of such product.
    (d) Warrantor means any person who gives or offers to give a written 
warranty which incorporates an informal dispute settlement mechanism.
    (e) Mechanism means an informal dispute settlement procedure which 
is incorporated into the terms of a written warranty to which any 
provision of Title I of the Act applies, as provided in section 110 of 
the Act.
    (f) Members means the person or persons within a Mechanism actually 
deciding disputes.
    (g) Consumer means a buyer (other than for purposes of resale) of 
any consumer product, any person to whom such product is transferred 
during the duration of a written warranty applicable to the product, and 
any other person who is entitled by the terms of such warranty or under 
applicable state law to enforce against the warrantor the obligations of 
the warranty.
    (h) On the face of the warranty means:
    (1) If the warranty is a single sheet with printing on both sides of 
the sheet, or if the warranty is comprised of more than one sheet, the 
page on which the warranty text begins;
    (2) If the warranty is included as part of a longer document, such 
as a use and care manual, the page in such document on which the 
warranty text begins.