[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1207.12]

[Page 282]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1207--SAFETY STANDARD FOR SWIMMING POOL SLIDES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1207.12  Stockpiling.

    (a) Definitions. As used in this section:
    (1) Stockpiling means manufacturing or importing swimming pool 
slides between the date of promulgation of part 1207 in the Federal 
Register and its effective date at a rate greater than five percent more 
than the rate at which the slides were manufactured or imported during 
the base period.
    (2) Base period means, at the option of the manufacturer or importer 
concerned, any period of 180 consecutive days beginning on or after 
January 2, 1974, and ending on or before December 31, 1974.
    (3) Rate of production (or importation) means the total number of 
swimming pool slides manufactured (or imported) during a stated time 
period. In determining whether a slide was manufactured (or imported) 
during a stated time period, the later of the date on which the slide 
runway was manufactured (or imported) or the date on which the 
accompanying ladder and other support parts were manufactured (or 
imported) shall be used.
    (b) Prohibited acts. Manufacturers and importers of swimming pool 
slides, as these products are defined in Sec.  1207.3(a)(28) shall not 
manufacture or import slides that do not comply with the requirements of 
this part 1207 between January 19, 1976, and July 17, 1976, at a rate 
which is greater than the rate of production or importation during the 
base period plus five percent of that rate.
    (c) Manufacturers and importers shall maintain appropriate 
documentation to be able to substantiate to the Commission that they are 
in compliance with the provisions of this section.

[41 FR 2751, Jan. 19, 1976, as amended at 41 FR 15003, Apr. 9, 1976]