[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6021-6025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2970]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 583
[Docket No. NHTSA-98-5064]
RIN 2127-AH33
Motor Vehicle Content Labeling
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: This document proposes to amend the regulation NHTSA issued to
implement the American Automobile Labeling Act. That Act requires
passenger motor vehicles to be labeled with information about their
domestic and foreign parts content. Congress recently amended that Act
to make a number of changes in the labeling requirement. This proposal
would make the regulation consistent with those changes.
DATES: Comments must be received by April 9, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to the docket number, and be submitted
to: Docket Management, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington,
DC 20590 (Docket hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For nonlegal issues: Henrietta
Spinner, Office of Planning and Consumer Programs, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC
20590 (202-366-4802).
For legal issues: Edward Glancy, Office of the Chief Counsel,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20590 (202-366-2992).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 21, 1994, NHTSA published in the Federal Register (59 FR
37294) a new regulation, 49 CFR part 583, Automobile Parts Content
Labeling, to implement the American Automobile Labeling Act (AALA).
That Act, which is codified at 49 U.S.C. 32304, requires passenger
motor vehicles to be labeled with information about their domestic and
foreign parts content. We encourage interested persons to read the July
1994 notice, as well as the various subsequent notices published by the
agency in response to petitions for reconsideration, for a detailed
explanation of this program.
As part of the NHTSA Reauthorization Act of 1998,\1\ Congress
amended the AALA to make a number of changes in the labeling
requirement. The changes are set forth in section 7106(d) of the NHTSA
Reauthorization Act.
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\1\ This Act was part of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (TEA-21). The full text of TEA-21 and the conference
report is available on the Web at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/.
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In this notice, the agency is proposing to amend Part 583 to
conform it to the amended AALA. We will discuss each of the changes
made by the Congress, and any conforming amendments being proposed for
part 583, in the order set forth in section 7106(d).
Changes to the AALA; Proposed Conforming Amendments
Determination of Origin of Engine and Transmission (Subparagraph (1)(A)
of Section 7106(d))
The original AALA specified, among other things, that vehicles were
to be
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labeled with the names of the countries of origin of the engine and
transmission. The Act provided that these origin determinations were to
be based on the purchase price of materials received at individual
engine/transmission plants and were not to include engine/transmission
assembly costs.
To reflect the fact these origin determinations did not include
engine/transmission assembly costs and to ensure that accurate
information was provided to the public, we specified that the label
refer to ``Engine Parts'' and ``Transmission Parts'' instead of
``Engines'' and ``Transmissions':
Country of Origin:
Engine Parts: (name of country)
Transmission Parts: (name of country)
Section 7106(d)(1)(A) amended the AALA to specify that assembly and
labor costs incurred for the final assembly of engines and
transmissions are now to be included in making these country of origin
determinations. This means that the terms ``Engine Parts'' and
``Transmission Parts'' will no longer be appropriate for the vehicle
content label.
In order to conform part 583 to subparagraph (1)(A), we are
proposing to amend the calculation procedures set forth in Sec. 583.8.
We are also proposing to amend Sec. 583.5, so that the wording of the
vehicle content label would no longer use the terms ``Engine Parts''
and ``Transmission Parts.'' It would instead use the terms ``Engine''
and ``Transmission.''
Definition of Final Assembly Place (Subparagraph (1)(B) of Section
7106(d)
Subparagraph (1)(B) amends the definition of ``final assembly
place.'' The Conference Report notes that this amendment ``codifies
certain regulations which permit labor costs of parts manufactured at
the same location as final vehicle assembly to be included in the
vehicle's overall content calculation * * *'' Congressional Record
H3929 (May 22, 1998).
We note that subparagraph (1)(B) simply codifies an existing
provision of part 583, i.e., the definition of final assembly set forth
in Sec. 583.4(b)(4). Therefore, we do not need to make conforming
amendments.
Determination of U.S./Canadian Percentage of the Value of Items of
Equipment by Outside Suppliers (Subparagraph (1)(C) of Section 7106(d)
The AALA specifies, among other things, that the vehicle content
labels must indicate the percentage U.S./Canadian parts content,
determined on a carline basis. To enable vehicle manufacturers to
calculate this information, the statute requires suppliers of equipment
to provide information about the origin of the equipment they supply.
The original AALA specified that, for equipment received from
outside suppliers, the equipment is considered U.S./Canadian if it
contains at least 70 percent value added in the U.S./Canada. Thus, any
equipment that was at least 70 percent U.S./Canadian was valued at 100
percent U.S./Canadian. Any equipment under 70 percent was valued at
zero percent. This provision was sometimes referred to as the ``roll-
up, roll-down'' provision. It is reflected in Sec. 583.6(c) of the
current regulation.
Subparagraph (1)(C) amended the AALA to eliminate the ``roll-down''
portion of this provision. While equipment from an outside supplier
that is at least 70 percent U.S./Canadian is still to be valued at 100
percent U.S./Canadian, any equipment under 70 percent is now valued,
and must be reported, to the nearest five percent. As the Conference
Report stated:
Under this subparagraph, suppliers would report [U.S./Canadian]
content to the nearest five percent. For instance, 38 percent would
be reported to the manufacturer as 40 percent, rather than zero as
under current law.
Congressional Record H3929 (May 22, 1998).
In order to conform part 583 to subparagraph (1)(C), we are
proposing to amend the procedures for calculating U.S./Canadian parts
content set forth in Sec. 583.6 and the requirements for outside
suppliers set forth in Sec. 583.10.
We note that the proposed amendments would increase the costs of
compliance with part 583 for some outside suppliers. The original AALA
did not require outside suppliers to provide specific estimates of the
U.S./Canada value added of their equipment. Instead, it only required
them to indicate whether the U.S./Canada value added was at least 70
percent.\2\ Under the amended AALA, however, outside suppliers which
provide equipment with U.S./Canada value added of less than 70 percent
are required to provide specific estimates (i.e., to the nearest five
percent) of the U.S./Canada value added of their equipment.
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\2\ NHTSA discussed in some detail the compliance burdens
associated with the now superseded requirements for outside
suppliers at 60 FR 47883-87 (September 15, 1995).
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Identification of Country of Assembly (Paragraph (2) of Section
7106(d))
Paragraph (2) amends section 32304(d) of the AALA to provide that a
manufacturer's vehicle content label may include a line identifying the
country in which the vehicle assembly was completed. We note, however,
that section 32304(b)(1)(B) of the AALA already provides that the label
must identify the final assembly place for the vehicle by city, State
(where appropriate) and country. This requirement is reflected in
Sec. 583.5(b) of the current regulation.
Since, pursuant to another section of the AALA, Part 583 already
requires the vehicle content label to state the country in which the
vehicle assembly was completed, we believe that it is unnecessary to
amend the regulation in light of paragraph (2).
U.S./Canadian Parts Content of a Vehicle Based on the Assembly Plant
(Paragraph (3) of Section 7106(d))
Paragraph (3) amended the AALA to provide that a manufacturer's
vehicle content label may display separately the domestic content of a
vehicle based on the assembly plant. We note that, in enacting the
original AALA, Congress decided that U.S./Canadian parts content should
be calculated for groups of vehicles rather than for each individual
vehicle. It also decided to adopt the concept of ``carline'' and its
definition from the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program, as the
basis for determining the relevant groups of vehicles.
We also note that carline determinations are based on degree of
commonality in construction, instead of commonality of assembly plant.
Thus, it is possible that some vehicles in a carline may be
manufactured at one assembly plant, while other vehicles in the same
carline may be manufactured at another assembly plant, even one in
another country.
If a carline is manufactured at more than one assembly plant, the
U.S./Canadian content for the portion of the carline manufactured at
one assembly plant may differ substantially from that for the portions
manufactured at other assembly plants. Paragraph (3) permits a
manufacturer to voluntarily display separately on the vehicle content
label the U.S./Canadian parts content for the portion of the carline
assembled at the plant where the vehicle was assembled. As noted by the
Conference Report, this information would be reported in addition to
the carline average percentage. Congressional Record H3929-30 (May 22,
1998).
We note that this provision appears to represent a variation of an
option currently included in part 583 at Sec. 583.5(e). That option
applies to carlines consisting of vehicles some of which are assembled
in the U.S./Canada
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and others of which are assembled in one or more other countries. It
permits manufacturers to voluntarily identify U.S./Canadian parts
content for the portion of the carline assembled in the country in
which the vehicle is actually assembled. If this information is
provided, it must be included in an explanatory note at the end of the
label.
In order to conform part 583 to paragraph (3), we are proposing to
add to Sec. 583.5 an additional option permitting manufacturers to
voluntarily identify U.S./Canadian parts content based on the assembly
plant in which the vehicle was assembled. The details of the option are
generally patterned after the option included at Sec. 583.5(e), which
would be retained. We seek comment on whether Sec. 583.5(e) will still
be needed with this additional provision.
Outside Suppliers Failing To Report (Paragraph (4) of Section 7106(d)
For the past several years, we have provided a limited, temporary
provision in the part 583 content calculation procedures to give a
vehicle manufacturer added flexibility in making content determinations
in those instances in which outside suppliers have not responded to the
manufacturer's requests for content information.3 This
provision is set forth at Sec. 583.6(c)(6). Paragraph (4) amended the
AALA to codify this regulatory provision and make it permanent.
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\3\ For an explanation of this provision, see 62 FR 33756 (June
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In order to conform part 583 to paragraph (4), we are proposing to
remove the time limitation included in Sec. 583.6(c)(6). We are also
proposing conforming changes to make that section consistent with
subparagraph (1)(C) of section 7106(d) which, as discussed above,
changed the procedures for calculating the U.S./Canadian content of
equipment supplied by outside suppliers.
Accounting for the Value of Small Parts (Paragraph (5) of Section
7106(d)
The original AALA excluded small parts such as nuts, bolts, clips,
screws and pins from the definition of ``passenger motor vehicle
equipment.'' This reduced the burdens associated with obtaining content
information about these minor items. However, it also meant that they
were not considered at all in determining parts content. Paragraph (5)
amends the AALA to provide that the value of small parts is to be
defaulted to the country of final assembly. In other words, these small
parts are now considered to be passenger motor vehicle equipment and to
represent value added in the country where final assembly takes place,
regardless of actual country of origin of those small parts.
In order to conform part 583 to paragraph (5), we are proposing to
amend the definition of passenger motor vehicle equipment set forth at
Sec. 583.4(b) and the calculation procedures set forth at Sec. 583.6
and Sec. 583.7.
Other Changes to the Label
We are proposing a change in the format of the label to make it
easier to understand. Part 583 currently requires a brief explanatory
note concerning parts content to be provided at the end of the label.
We are proposing to move this note to the middle of the label, directly
below the items of information for which the note is relevant, i.e.,
below the specified U.S./Canadian Parts Content and Major Sources of
Foreign Parts Content. We request comments on whether any other changes
to the label, e.g., wording changes or format changes, are appropriate
in light of the amendments to the AALA.
Effective Date
The NHTSA Reauthorization Act was signed by the President on June
9, 1998. While the provisions amending the AALA changed the existing
labeling requirement and content calculation procedures, they did not
specify when those changes are to become effective for vehicle
manufacturers and suppliers.
Given the leadtime needed to change labels and make calculations
based on the new calculation procedures, it would not have been
possible for the vehicle manufacturers to comply with the new
requirements for their model year 1999 vehicles. However, we believe
that manufacturers can comply with the new requirements with respect to
all model year 2000 vehicles, with the possible exception of those
introduced during the early part of 1999. Since the changes are
relatively straightforward and leave us little discretion, the vehicle
manufacturers can implement the changes needed to comply with the new
requirements. They need not await the final rule to do so.
Accordingly, we are proposing to apply the new requirements to all
model year 2000 carlines that are first offered for sale to ultimate
purchasers on or after June 1, 1999. This would affect the vast
majority of model year 2000 carlines, since most will be introduced in
the fall of 1999. For model year 2000 carlines that are first offered
for sale before June 1, 1999, manufacturers would have the option of
following the new requirements or the old ones.
Rulemaking Analyses and Notices
A. Executive Order 12866 and DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures
We have considered the impact of this rulemaking action under
Executive Order 12866 and the Department of Transportation's regulatory
policies and procedures. This rulemaking document was not reviewed by
the Office of Management and Budget under E.O. 12866, ``Regulatory
Planning and Review.'' The rulemaking action has been determined not to
be significant under the Department's regulatory policies and
procedures.
This document proposes to amend 49 CFR Part 583 to conform the
agency's content labeling requirements and calculation procedures to
recent statutory changes. The changes are so minor that they would not
have any measurable effect on vehicle prices.
The change most likely to result in cost impacts is the one
requiring outside suppliers to make calculations of U.S./Canadian
content, to the nearest five percent, for equipment with U.S./Canadian
content below 70 percent. This will increase compliance costs for some
outside suppliers. The agency notes that there are about 15,000
suppliers to vehicle manufacturers. However, many small suppliers
procure all their inputs from the same country, and will experience
negligible costs. NHTSA believes that cost impacts for other suppliers
will be small and will diminish over time. Somewhat higher costs are
likely to be experienced the first year as suppliers become familiar
with the new calculation procedures and incorporate them into their
programming or other systems.
While the agency believes that the cost impacts will be small, it
does not have sufficient information to quantify such costs. Comments
are requested concerning this issue. Because the economic impacts of
this proposal are so minimal, preparation of a full regulatory
evaluation is not necessary.
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
We have considered the effects of this rulemaking action under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) I hereby certify that
the proposed amendment would not have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities. Therefore, a regulatory
flexibility analysis is not required for this action. Although certain
small businesses, such as parts suppliers and some vehicle
manufacturers, are affected by the regulation, the effect on them is
minor. The requirements are strictly
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informational and, as discussed above, cost impacts small.
C. National Environmental Policy Act
We have analyzed this proposed amendment for the purposes of the
National Environmental Policy Act and determined that it would not have
any significant impact on the quality of the human environment.
D. Executive Order 12612 (Federalism)
We have analyzed this proposed amendment in accordance with the
principles and criteria set forth in Executive Order 12612. We have
determined that the proposed amendment does not have sufficient
federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism
Assessment.
E. Paperwork Reduction Act
Information collection requirements proposed in this notice differ
from those approved by the Office of Management and Budget under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub. L. 96-511) and assigned
OMB Control Number 2127-0573. The current approval will expire on June
30, 2001. Since NHTSA believes that the changes proposed in this notice
will result in a small increase in the paperwork burden of this
reporting requirement, if the changes proposed in this NPRM are made
final, NHTSA will ask OMB for approval to amend OMB Control Number
2127-0573 to account for any additional information collection burdens
imposed on the public.
Request for Comments
We invite interested persons to submit comments on this proposal.
Two copies should be submitted.
All comments must not exceed 15 pages in length (49 CFR 553.21).
Necessary attachments may be appended to these submissions without
regard to the 15-page limit. This limitation is intended to encourage
commenters to detail their primary arguments in a concise fashion.
If a commenter wishes to submit certain information under a claim
of confidentiality, three copies of the complete submission, including
purportedly confidential business information, should be submitted to
the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the street address given above, and two
copies from which the purportedly confidential information has been
deleted should be submitted to the Docket Section. A request for
confidentiality should be accompanied by a cover letter setting forth
the information specified in the agency's confidential business
information regulation. 49 CFR part 512.
We will consider all comments received before the close of business
on the comment closing date indicated above. The comments will be
available for examination in the docket at the above address both
before and after that date. To the extent possible, we will consider
comments filed after the closing date. We will consider comments
received too late for consideration in regard to this action as
suggestions for further rulemaking action. Comments will be available
for inspection in the docket. We will continue to file relevant
information as it becomes available in the docket after the closing
date, and recommend that interested persons continue to examine the
docket for new material.
Those persons desiring to be notified upon receipt of their
comments in the rules docket should enclose a self-addressed, stamped
postcard in the envelope with their comments. Upon receiving the
comments, the docket supervisor will return the postcard by mail.
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 583
Imports, Labeling, Motor vehicles, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
In consideration of the foregoing, we propose to amend 49 CFR part
583 as follows:
PART 583--AUTOMOBILE PARTS CONTENT LABELING
1. The authority citation for part 583 would continue to read as
follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 32304, 40 CFR 1.50, 501.2(f).
2. Section 583.4 would be amended by revising paragraph (b)(7) to
read as follows:
Sec. 583.4 Definitions.
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(b) * * *
(7) Passenger motor vehicle equipment means any system,
subassembly, or component received at the final assembly point for
installation on, or attachment to, such vehicle at the time of its
initial shipment by the manufacturer to a dealer for sale to an
ultimate purchaser. Passenger motor vehicle equipment also includes any
system, subassembly, or component received by an allied supplier from
an outside supplier for incorporation into equipment supplied by the
allied supplier to the manufacturer with which it is allied.
* * * * *
3. Section 583.5 would be amended by revising paragraph (a)(4),
(a)(5), (b), and (i) to read as follows:
Sec. 583.5 Label requirements.
(a) * * *
(4) Country of origin for the engine. The country of origin of the
passenger motor vehicle's engine (the procedure for making this country
of origin determination is set forth in Sec. 583.8);
(5) Country of origin for the transmission. The country of origin
of the passenger motor vehicle's transmission (the procedure for making
this country of origin determination is set forth in Sec. 583.8);
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(b) Except as provided in paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of this
section, the label required under paragraph (a) of this section shall
read as follows, with the specified information inserted in the places
indicated (except that if there are no major sources of foreign parts
content, omit the section ``Major Sources of Foreign Parts Content''):
Parts Content Information
For vehicles in this carline:
U.S./Canadian Parts Content: (insert number) %
Major Sources of Foreign Parts Content:
(name of country with highest percentage): (insert number) %
(name of country with second highest percentage): (insert number) %
Note: Parts content does not include final assembly,
distribution, or other non-parts costs.
For this vehicle:
Final Assembly Point: (city, state, country)
Country of Origin:
Engine: (name of country)
Transmission: (name of country)
* * * * *
(i) Carlines assembled in more than one assembly plant. (1) If a
carline is assembled in more than one assembly plant, the manufacturer
may, at its option, add the following additional information at the end
of the explanatory note specified in paragraph (a)(6) of this section,
with the specified information inserted in the places indicated:
Two or more assembly plants produce the vehicles in this
carline. The vehicles assembled at the plant where this vehicle was
assembled have a U.S./Canadian parts content of [__]%.
(2) A manufacturer selecting this option shall divide the carline
for purposes of this additional information into portions representing
each assembly plant.
(3) A manufacturer selecting this option for a particular carline
shall provide the specified additional information on the labels of all
vehicles within the carline.
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4. Section 583.6 would be amended by revising paragraphs (a),
(c)(1)(ii), (c)(3)(ii), and (c)(6) to read as follows:
Sec. 583.6 Procedure for determining U.S./Canadian parts content.
(a) Each manufacturer, except as specified in Sec. 583.5(f) and
(g), shall determine the percentage U.S./Canadian Parts Content for
each carline on a model year basis. This determination shall be made
before the beginning of each model year. Items of equipment produced at
the final assembly point (but not as part of final assembly) are
treated in the same manner as if they were supplied by an allied
supplier. All value otherwise added at the final assembly point and
beyond, including all final assembly costs, is excluded from the
calculation of U.S./Canadian parts content. The country of origin of
nuts, bolts, clips, screws, pins, braces, gasoline, oil, blackout,
phosphate rinse, windshield washer fluid, fasteners, tire assembly
fluid, rivets, adhesives, grommets, and wheel weights, used in final
assembly of the vehicle, is considered to be the country where final
assembly of the vehicle takes place.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(1) * * *
(ii) To otherwise have the actual percent of its value added in the
United States and/or Canada, rounded to the nearest five percent.
* * * * *
(3) * * *
(ii) To otherwise have the actual percent of its value added in the
United States and/or Canada, rounded to the nearest five percent.
* * * * *
(6) If a manufacturer or allied supplier requests information in a
timely manner from one or more of its outside suppliers concerning the
U.S./Canadian content of particular equipment, but does not receive
that information despite a good faith effort to obtain it, the
manufacturer or allied supplier may make its own good faith value added
determinations, subject to the following provisions:
(i) The manufacturer or allied supplier shall make the same value
added determinations as would be made by the outside supplier;
(ii) The manufacturer or allied supplier shall consider the amount
of value added and the location in which the value was added for all of
the stages that the outside supplier would be required to consider;
(iii) The manufacturer or allied supplier may determine that
particular value is added in the United States and/or Canada only if it
has a good faith basis to make that determination;
(iv) A manufacturer and its allied suppliers may, on a combined
basis, make value added determinations for no more than 10 percent, by
value, of a carline's total parts content from outside suppliers;
(v) Value added determinations made by a manufacturer or allied
supplier under this paragraph shall have the same effect as if they
were made by the outside supplier;
(vi) This provision does not affect the obligation of outside
suppliers to provide the requested information.
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5. Section 583.7 would be amended by revising paragraph (a) to read
as follows:
Sec. 583.7 Procedure for determining major foreign sources of
passenger motor vehicle equipment.
(a) Each manufacturer, except as specified in Sec. 583.5(f) and
(g), shall determine the countries, if any, which are major foreign
sources of passenger motor vehicle equipment and the percentages
attributable to each such country for each carline on a model year
basis, before the beginning of each model year. The manufacturer need
only determine this information for the two such countries with the
highest percentages. Items of equipment produced at the final assembly
point (but not as part of final assembly) are treated in the same
manner as if they were supplied by an allied supplier. In making
determinations under this section, the U.S. and Canada are treated
together as if they were one (non-foreign) country. The country of
origin of nuts, bolts, clips, screws, pins, braces, gasoline, oil,
blackout, phosphate rinse, windshield washer fluid, fasteners, tire
assembly fluid, rivets, adhesives, grommets, and wheel weights, used in
final assembly of the vehicle, is considered to be the country where
final assembly of the vehicle takes place.
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6. Section 583.8 would be amended by revising paragraphs (b) and
(d) to read as follows:
Sec. 583.8 Procedure for determining country of origin for engines and
transmissions (for purposes of determining the information specified by
Secs. 583.5(a)(4) and 583.5(a)(5) only).
* * * * *
(b) The value of an engine or transmission is determined by first
adding the prices paid by the manufacturer of the engine/transmission
for each component comprising the engine/transmission, as delivered to
the assembly plant of the engine/transmission, and the fair market
value of each individual part produced at the plant. The assembly and
labor costs incurred for the final assembly of the engine/transmission
are then added to determine the value of the engine or transmission.
* * * * *
(d) Determination of the total value of an engine/transmission
which is attributable to individual countries. The value of an engine/
transmission that is attributable to each country is determined by
adding the total value of all of the components installed in that
engine/transmission which originated in that country. For the country
where final assembly of the engine/transmission takes place, the
assembly and labor costs incurred for such final assembly are also
added.
* * * * *
7. Section 583.10 would be amended by revising paragraph (a)(5) to
read as follows:
Sec. 583.10 Outside suppliers of passenger motor vehicle equipment.
(a) * * *
(5) For equipment which has less than 70 percent of its value added
in the United States and Canada,
(i) The country of origin of the equipment, determined under
Sec. 583.7(c); and
(ii) The percent of its value added in the United States and
Canada, to the nearest 5 percent, determined under Sec. 583.6(c).
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Issued on: January 29, 1999.
L. Robert Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
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