[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR205.157-1]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 205--TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT NOISE EMISSION CONTROLS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart D--Motorcycles
 
Sec. 205.157-1  General requirements.

    (a) Each manufacturer of vehicles manufactured for distribution in 
commerce in the United States which are subject to the standards 
prescribed in this subpart and not exempted in accordance with Subpart 
A, Sec. 205.5:
    (1) Shall be labeled in accordance with the requirements of 
Sec. 205.158 of this subpart.
    (2) Must ensure that each vehicle conforms to the applicable noise 
emission standard establishd in Sec. 205.152 of this subpart.
    (b) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this section apply to new 
products which conform to the definition of vehicles in these 
regulations and at the time such new products are assembled to that 
state of completeness in which the manufacturer sends them to a 
subsequent manufacturer or otherwise distributes them in commerce.
    (c) Subsequent manufacturers of a new product which conforms to the 
definition of vehicle in these regulations when received by them from a 
prior manufacturer, need not fulfill the requirements of paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section where such requirements have already been 
complied with by a prior manufacturer.
    (d) The manufacturer who is required to conduct product verification 
testing to demonstrate compliance with a particular standard, must 
satisfy all other provisions of this subpart applicable to

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that standard, including but not limited to, record keeping, reporting 
and in-use requirements.

[45 FR 86708, Dec. 31, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 57720, Dec. 28, 1982]