2013 US Code
Title 19 - Customs Duties
Chapter 13 - TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 (§§ 2501 - 2582)
Subchapter II - TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS) (§§ 2531 - 2578b)
Part E - Standards and Measures Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (§§ 2575 - 2577)
Subpart 2 - standards-related measures (§§ 2576 - 2576b)
Section 2576 - General
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 19 - CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER 13 - TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 SUBCHAPTER II - TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS) Part E - Standards and Measures Under the North American Free Trade Agreement subpart 2 - standards-related measures Sec. 2576 - General |
| Contains | section 2576 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-39, title IV, §471, as added Pub. L. 103-182, title III, §351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2120. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 107 Stat. 2120 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 96-39, Public Law 103-182 |
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Nothing in this subpart shall be construed—
(1) to prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in activity related to standards-related measures, including any such measure relating to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers; or
(2) to limit the authority of a Federal agency to determine the level it considers appropriate of safety or of protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers.
(b) ExclusionThis subpart does not apply to—
(1) technical specifications prepared by a Federal agency for production or consumption requirements of the agency; or
(2) sanitary or phytosanitary measures under subpart 1.
(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, §471, as added Pub. L. 103–182, title III, §351(a), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2120.)
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