[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: 16CFR1210.20]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1210--SAFETY STANDARD FOR CIGARETTE LIGHTERS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C--Stockpiling
 
Sec.  1210.20  Stockpiling.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2058(g)(2), 2079(d).


    (a) Definition. Stockpiling means to manufacture or import a product 
that is subject to a consumer product safety rule between the date of 
issuance of the rule and its effective date at a rate which is 
significantly greater than the rate at which such product was produced 
or imported during a base period.
    (b) Base Period. For purposes of this rule, base period means, at 
the option of the manufacturer or importer, any 1-year period during the 
5-year period prior to July 12, 1993.
    (c) Prohibited act. Manufacturers and importers of disposable and 
novelty cigarette lighters shall not manufacture or import lighters that 
do not comply with the requirements of this part between July 12, 1993 
and July 12, 1994, at a rate that is greater than the rate of production 
or importation during the base period plus 20 per cent of that rate.