40 CFR 204.5-1
§ 204.5-1 Testing exemption.
United States · 40 CFR — Protection of Environment · Status: effective
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- 40 CFR 204.5-1, § 204.5-1 Testing exemption, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/184486
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(a) A new product intended to be used solely for research, investigations, studies, demonstrations or training, and so labeled or marked on the outside of the container and on the product itself, shall be exempt from the prohibitions of sections 10(a) (1), (2), (3), and (5) of the Act.
(b) No request for a testing exemption is required.
(c) For purposes of section 11(d) of the Act any testing exemption shall be void ab initio with respect to each new product, originally intended for research, investigations, studies, demonstrations, or training, but distributed in commerce for other uses.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.