[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR180.3]

[Page 1055-1056]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 180_CONTINUING QUALIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PACKAGINGS--Table of 
Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  180.3  General requirements.

    (a) No person may represent, mark, certify, sell, or offer a 
packaging or container as meeting the requirements of this part, or an 
exemption pertaining to this part issued under subchapter A of this 
chapter, whether or not the packaging or container is intended to be 
used for the transportation of a hazardous material, unless it is 
marked, maintained, reconditioned, repaired, or retested, as 
appropriate, in accordance with this part, an approval issued 
thereunder, or an exemption issued under subchapter A of this chapter.
    (b) The representations, markings, and certifications subject to the 
prohibitions of paragraph (a) of this section include:
    (1) Identifications that include the letters ``DOT'', ``MC'', 
``ICC'', or ``UN'';
    (2) Exemption, approval, and registration numbers that include the 
letters ``DOT'';

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    (3) Test dates displayed in association with specification, 
registration, approval, or exemption markings indicating conformance to 
a test or retest requirement of this subchapter, an approval issued 
thereunder, or an exemption issued under subchapter A of this chapter;
    (4) Documents indicating conformance to the testing, inspection, 
maintenance or other continuing qualification requirements of this part; 
and
    (5) Sales literature, including advertising, indicating that the 
packaging or container represented therein conforms to requirements 
contained in subchapter A or C of this chapter.

[Amdt. 180-2, 54 FR 25032, June 12, 1989, as amended by Amdt. 180-3, 58 
FR 33306, June 16, 1993]

Subpart B [Reserved]