[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR303.45]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 303_RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS 
IDENTIFICATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 303.45  Exclusions from the act.

    (a) Pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act, the Commission hereby 
excludes from the operation of the Act:
    (1) All textile fiber products except:
    (i) Articles of wearing apparel:
    (ii) Handkerchiefs;
    (iii) Scarfs;
    (iv) Beddings;
    (v) Curtains and casements;
    (vi) Draperies;
    (vii) Tablecloths, napkins, and doilies;
    (viii) Floor coverings;
    (ix) Towels;
    (x) Wash cloths and dish cloths;
    (xi) Ironing board covers and pads;
    (xii) Umbrellas and parasols;
    (xiii) Batts;
    (xiv) Products subject to section 4(h) of the Act;
    (xv) Flags with heading or more than 216 square inches (13.9 dm\2\) 
in size;
    (xvi) Cushions;
    (xvii) All fibers, yarns and fabrics (including narrow fabrics 
except packaging ribbons);
    (xviii) Furniture slip covers and other covers or coverlets for 
furniture;
    (xix) Afghans and throws;
    (xx) Sleeping bags;
    (xxi) Antimacassars and tidies;
    (xxii) Hammocks;
    (xxiii) Dresser and other furniture scarfs.
    (2) Belts, suspenders, arm bands, permanently knotted neckties, 
garters, sanitary belts, diaper liners, labels (either required or non-
required) individually and in rolls, looper clips intended for 
handicraft purposes, book cloth, artists' canvases, tapestry cloth, and 
shoe laces.
    (3) All textile fiber products manufactured by the operators of 
company stores and offered for sale and sold exclusively to their own 
employees as ultimate consumers.
    (4) Coated fabrics and those portions of textile fiber products made 
of coated fabrics.
    (5) Secondhand household textile articles which are discernibly 
secondhand or which are marked to indicate their secondhand character.
    (6) Non-woven products of a disposable nature intended for one-time 
use only.
    (7) All curtains, casements, draperies, and table place mats, or any 
portions thereof otherwise subject to the Act, made principally of 
slats, rods, or strips, composed of wood, metal, plastic, or leather.
    (8) All textile fiber products in a form ready for the ultimate 
consumer procured by the military services of the United States which 
are bought according to specifications, but shall not include those 
textile fiber products sold and distributed through post exchanges, 
sales commissaries, or ship stores; provided, however, that if the 
military services sell textile fiber products for nongovernmental 
purposes the information with respect to the fiber content of such 
products shall be furnished to the purchaser thereof who shall label 
such products in conformity with the Act and regulations before such 
products are distributed for civilian use.
    (9) All hand woven rugs made by Navajo Indians which have attached 
thereto the ``Certificate of Genuineness'' supplied by the Indian Arts 
and Crafts Board of the United States Department of Interior. The term 
Navajo Indian means any Indian who is listed on the register of the 
Navajo Indian Tribe or is eligible for listing thereon.
    (b) The exclusions provided for in paragraph (a) of this section 
shall not be applicable (1) if any representations as to the fiber 
content of such products are made on any label or in any advertisement 
without making a full and complete fiber content disclosure on such 
label or in such advertisement in accordance with the Act and 
regulations with the exception of those products excluded by paragraph 
(a)(6) of this section, or (2) if any false, deceptive, or misleading 
representations are made as to the fiber content of such products.
    (c) The exclusions from the Act provided in paragraph (a) of this 
section are in addition to the exemptions from the Act provided in 
section 12(a) of the Act and shall not affect or limit such exemptions.

(Sec. 12, 72 Stat. 1723; 15 U.S.C. 70j)

[24 FR 4480, June 2, 1959, as amended at 25 FR 4318, May 14, 1960; 25 FR 
7044, July 26, 1960; 29 FR 48, Jan. 3, 1964; 61 FR 11544, Mar. 21, 1996]

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