16 CFR § 437.5 - Sales conducted in Spanish or other languages besides English.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s437.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 437.5 - Sales conducted in Spanish or other languages besides English."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "437.5"
section_name: "Sales conducted in Spanish or other languages besides English."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "TRADE REGULATION RULES"
part_number: "437"
part_name: "BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY RULE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 41-58."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 76860, Dec. 8, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "437"
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# 437.5 Sales conducted in Spanish or other languages besides English.
(a) If the seller conducts the offer for sale, sale, or promotion of a business opportunity in Spanish, the seller must provide the disclosure document required by § 437.3(a) in the form and language set forth in appendix B to this part, and the disclosures required by §§ 437.3(a) and 437.4 must be made in Spanish.
(b) If the seller conducts the offer for sale, sale, or promotion of a business opportunity in a language other than English or Spanish, the seller must provide the disclosure document required by § 437.3(a) using the form and an accurate translation of the language set forth in appendix A to this part, and the disclosures required by §§ 437.3(a) and 437.4 must be made in that language.