[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: 49CFR579.3]

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                        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 A_General
 
Sec. 579.3  Application.

    (a) This part applies to all manufacturers of motor vehicles and 
motor vehicle equipment with respect to all motor vehicles and motor 
vehicle equipment that have been offered for sale, sold, or leased in 
the United States by the manufacturer, including any parent corporation, 
any subsidiary or affiliate of the manufacturer, or any subsidiary or 
affiliate of any parent corporation, and with respect to all motor 
vehicles and motor vehicle equipment that have been offered for sale, 
sold, or leased in a foreign country by the manufacturer, including any 
parent corporation, any subsidiary or affiliate of the manufacturer, or 
any subsidiary or affiliate of any parent corporation, and are identical 
or substantially similar to any motor vehicles or motor vehicle 
equipment that

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have been offered for sale, sold, or leased in the United States.
    (b) In the case of any report required under subpart B of this part, 
compliance by the fabricating manufacturer, the importer, the brand name 
owner, or a parent or subsidiary of such fabricator, importer, or brand 
name owner of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment that is 
identical or substantially similar to that covered by the foreign recall 
or other safety campaign, shall be considered compliance by all persons.
    (c) In the case of any report required under subpart C of this part, 
compliance by the fabricating manufacturer, the importer, the brand name 
owner, or a parent or United States subsidiary of such fabricator, 
importer, or brand name owner of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle 
equipment, shall be considered compliance by all persons.
    (d) With regard to any information required to be reported under 
subpart C of this part, an entity covered under paragraph (a) of this 
section need only review information and systems where information 
responsive to subpart C of this part is kept in the usual course of 
business.

[43 FR 38833, Aug. 31, 1978, as amended at 67 FR 63310, Oct. 11, 2002]