§ 280.13 - Imports of fasteners.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell to an importer, and for any importer to purchase any shipment of fasteners or fastener sets manufactured outside the United States unless such shipment to an importer is accompanied by a manufacturer's certificate of conformance, an original laboratory testing report with respect to each lot from which the fasteners are taken, and any other relevant lot identification information.

(b) The requirement that delivery of fasteners to any importer must be accompanied by an original laboratory testing report shall not apply:

(1) In the case of fasteners imported into the United States as products manufactured within a nation which is party to a congressionally approved free trade agreement with the United States that is in effect, provided that the Director has published in the Federal Register a certification that satisfactory arrangements have been reached by which purchasers within the United States can readily gain access to an original laboratory test report for such fasteners; or,

(2) In the case of fasteners imported into the United States as Canadian-origin products under the United States-Canada Automobile Pact for use as original equipment in the manufacture of motor vehicles.