[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR579.12]

[Page 1028]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 579_REPORTING OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL 
DEFECTS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Reporting of Safety Recalls and Other Safety Campaigns in 
                            Foreign Countries
 
Sec. 579.12  Contents of reports.

    (a) Each report made pursuant to Sec. 579.11 of this part must be 
dated and must include the information specified in Sec. 573.6(c)(1), 
(c)(2), (c)(3), and (c)(5) of this chapter. Each such report must also 
identify each foreign country in which the safety recall or other safety 
campaign is being conducted, state whether the foreign action is a 
safety recall or other safety campaign, state whether the determination 
to conduct the recall or campaign was made by the manufacturer or by a 
foreign government, describe the manufacturer's program for remedying 
the defect or noncompliance (if the action is a safety recall), specify 
the date of the determination and the date the recall or other campaign 
was commenced or will commence in each foreign country, and identify all 
motor vehicles, equipment, or tires that the manufacturer sold or 
offered for sale in the United States that are identical or 
substantially similar to the motor vehicles, equipment, or tires covered 
by the foreign recall or campaign. If a determination has been made by a 
foreign government, the report must also include a copy of the 
determination in the original language and, if the determination is in a 
language other than English, a copy translated into English.
    (b) Information required by paragraph (a) of this section that is 
not available within the 5-working day period specified in Sec. 579.11 
of this part shall be submitted as it becomes available.