16 CFR § 1020.1 - Why is the Commission issuing this rule?

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1020.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1020.1 - Why is the Commission issuing this rule?"
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1020.1"
section_name: "Why is the Commission issuing this rule?"
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1020"
part_name: "SMALL BUSINESS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 601 note."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 52878, Oct. 9, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1020"
---


# 1020.1 Why is the Commission issuing this rule?

(a) To state the Commission's policies on small businesses;

(b) To assure that the Commission continues to treat small businesses fairly;

(c) To assure that small businesses do not bear a disproportionate share of any burden or cost created by a Commission regulatory, enforcement, or other action; and

(d) To assure that small businesses are given every opportunity to participate fully in the Commission's regulatory process.