[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR531.6]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 531_PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  531.6  Measurement and calculation procedures.

    (a) The average fuel economy of all passenger automobiles that are 
manufactured by a manufacturer in a model year shall be determined in 
accordance with procedures established by the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency under section 502(a)(1) of the Act and 
set forth in 40 CFR part 600.
    (b) A manufacturer that is eligible to elect a model year in which 
to include value added in Mexico as domestic value, under subparagraphs 
(B)(i) and (B)(iii) of 49 U.S.C. 32904(b)(3), shall notify the 
Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration of its election not later than 60 
days before it begins production of automobiles for the model year. If 
an eligible manufacturer does not elect a model year before January 1, 
2004, any value added in Mexico will be considered domestic value for 
automobiles manufactured in the next model year beginning after January 
1, 2004, and in subsequent model years.

[42 FR 33552, June 30, 1977, as amended at 64 FR 27203, May 19, 1999]