[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR305.16]

[Page 269-270]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
 PART 305_RULE CONCERNING DISCLOSURES REGARDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION 
 
Sec. 305.16  Required testing by designated laboratory.

    Upon notification by the Commission or its designated 
representative, a manufacturer of a covered product shall supply, at the 
manufacturer's expense, no more than two of each model of each product 
to a laboratory, which will be identified by the Commission or its 
designated representative in the notice, for the purpose of ascertaining 
whether the estimated annual energy consumption, the estimated annual 
operating cost, or the energy efficiency rating, or the light output, 
energy usage and life ratings or, for general service fluorescent lamps, 
the color rendering index, disclosed on the label or fact sheet or in an 
industry directory, or, as required in a catalog, or the representation 
made by the label that the product is in compliance with applicable 
standards in section 325 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 6295, is accurate. Such a 
procedure will only be followed after the Commission or its staff has 
examined the underlying test data provided by the manufacturer as 
required by Sec. 305.15(b) and after the manufacturer has been afforded 
the opportunity to reverify test results from which the estimated annual 
energy consumption, the estimated annual operating cost, or the energy 
efficiency rating for each basic model was derived, or the light output, 
energy usage and life ratings or, for general service fluorescent lamps, 
the color rendering index, for each basic model or lamp type was 
derived. A representative designated by the Commission shall be 
permitted to observe any reverification procedures required by this 
part, and to inspect the results of such reverification. The Commission 
will pay the charges for testing by designated laboratories.

[59 FR 67530, Dec. 29, 1994]

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