[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1031.1]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1031--COMMISSION PARTICIPATION AND COMMISSION EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT 
IN VOLUNTARY STANDARDS ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart A--General Policies
 
Sec.  1031.1  Purpose and scope.


    (a) This part 1031 sets forth the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission's guidelines and requirements on participating in the 
activities of voluntary standards bodies. Subpart A sets forth general 
policies on Commission participation, and subpart B sets forth policies 
and guidelines on employee involvement in voluntary standards 
activities.
    (b) For purposes of both subpart A and subpart B of this part 1031, 
voluntary standards bodies are private

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sector domestic or multinational organizations or groups, or 
combinations thereof, such as, but not limited to, all non-profit 
organizations, industry associations, professional and technical 
societies, institutes, and test laboratories, that are involved in the 
planning, development, establishment, revision, review or coordination 
of voluntary standards. Voluntary standards development bodies are 
voluntary standards bodies, or their sub-groups, that are devoted to 
developing or establishing voluntary standards.