[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 6]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR571.7]



[Page 212-213]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                            OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 571_FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 571.7  Applicability.



    (a) General. Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this 

section, each standard set forth in subpart B of this part applies 

according to its terms to all motor vehicles or items of motor vehicle 

equipment the manufacture of which is completed on or after the 

effective date of the standard.

    (b) [Reserved]

    (c) Military vehicles. No standard applies to a vehicle or item of 

equipment manufactured for, and sold directly to, the Armed Forces of 

the United States in conformity with contractual specifications.

    (d) Export. No standard applies to a vehicle or item of equipment in 

the circumstances provided in section 108(b)(5) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 

1397 (b)(5)).

    (e) Combining new and used components. When a new cab is used in the 

assembly of a truck, the truck will be considered newly manufactured for 

purposes of paragraph (a) of this section, the application of the 

requirements of this chapter, and the Act, unless the engine, 

transmission, and drive axle(s) (as a minimum) of the assembled vehicle 

are not new, and at least two of these components were taken from the 

same vehicle.

    (f) Combining new and used components in trailer manufacture. When 

new materials are used in the assembly of a trailer, the trailer will be 

considered newly manufactured for purposes of paragraph (a) of this 

section, the application of the requirements of this chapter, and the 

Act, unless, at a minimum, the trailer running gear assembly (axle(s), 

wheels, braking and suspension) is not new, and was taken from an 

existing trailer--

    (1) Whose identity is continued in the reassembled vehicle with 

respect to the Vehicle Identification Number; and



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    (2) That is owned or leased by the user of the reassembled vehicle.



[33 FR 19703, Dec. 25, 1968. Redesignated at 35 FR 5118, Mar. 26, 1970, 

and amended at 36 FR 7855, Apr. 27, 1971; 38 FR 12808, May 16, 1973; 40 

FR 49341, Oct. 22, 1975; 41 FR 27074, July 1, 1976]