[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR315.4]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 315--DETERMINATION OF BONA FIDE MOTOR-VEHICLE MANUFACTURER--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 315.4  Determination by the Under Secretary.

    (a) As soon as practicable after receipt of the application, the 
Under Secretary shall determine whether an applicant has produced no 
fewer than 15 complete motor vehicles in the United States during the 
12-month period preceding the date certified in the application and as 
of such date, had installed capacity in the United States to produce 10 
or more complete motor vehicles per 40 hour week. The Under Secretary 
may request such additional data from an applicant as he may deem 
appropriate to establish whether the applicant has satisfied the 
requirements of this part.
    (b) A determination by the Under Secretary under this part shall be 
effective for a 12-month period to begin on the date as of which the 
Under Secretary determines that the applicant qualified under this part. 
Within 60 days prior to the termination of such period, a bona fide 
motor vehicle manufacturer may apply for another determination under 
this part.
    (c) The Under Secretary will promptly notify each applicant in 
writing of the final action taken on his application.

[45 FR 42214, June 23, 1980. Redesignated and amended at 53 FR 52115, 
Dec. 27, 1988]