[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: 40CFR205.55-1]

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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 B--Medium and Heavy Trucks
 
Sec. 205.55-1  General requirements.

    (a) Every new vehicle manufactured for distribution in commerce in 
the United States which is subject to the standards prescribed in this 
subpart and not exempted in accordance with Sec. 205.5:
    (1) Shall be labeled in accordance with the requirements of 
Sec. 205.55-5 of this subpart.
    (2) Shall conform to the applicable noise emission standard 
established in Sec. 205.52 of this regulation.
    (b) The requirements of paragraph (a) 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 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) where such requirements have already been complied with by a 
prior manufacturer.

[41 FR 15544, Apr. 13, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 61456, Dec. 5, 1977; 47 
FR 57714, Dec. 28, 1982]