15-U.S.C.-5407
§5407 – Manufacturers' Insignias
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Title 15 > Chapter 80 > Section 5407
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- Reference: Section 5407
- Legend: §5407 – Manufacturers' Insignias
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) General rule
Unless the specifications provide otherwise, fasteners that are required by the applicable consensus standard or standards to bear an insignia identifying their manufacturer shall not be offered for sale or sold in commerce unless—
(1) the fasteners bear such insignia; and
(2) the manufacturer has complied with the insignia recordation requirements established under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Recordation
The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, a program to provide for the recordation of the insignias of manufacturers described in subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 101–592, §5, formerly §8, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2950; renumbered §5 and amended Pub. L. 106–34, §5, June 8, 1999, 113 Stat. 122.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 5 of Pub. L. 101–592 was classified to section 5404 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–34.
Amendments
1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–34, §5(1), reenacted subsec. heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: No fastener which is required by the standards and specifications to which it was manufactured to bear a raised or depressed insignia identifying its manufacturer or private label distributor shall be offered for sale or sold in commerce unless the manufacturer or private label distributor of such fastener has complied with the requirements prescribed by the Secretary in connection with the program established under subsection (b) of this section.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–34, §5(2), substituted described in subsection (a) of this section for and private label distributors described in subsection (a) of this section, to ensure the traceability of a fastener to its manufacturer or private label distributor.
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Chapter 80 – Fasteners in the Legal Encyclopedia: Trade Law
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