16 CFR § 1031.14 - Observation criteria.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1031.14"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1031.14 - Observation criteria."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1031.14"
section_name: "Observation criteria."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1031"
part_name: "COMMISSION PARTICIPATION AND COMMISSION EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT IN VOLUNTARY STANDARDS ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2051-2083; 15 U.S.C. 1261-1276; 15 U.S.C. 1191-1204; Sec. 3, 104, 106, 223 Pub. L. 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016, 3017 (2008), Sec. 3, 4 Pub. L. 112-28 (2011)."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 38755, July 10, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1031"
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# 1031.14 Observation criteria.

A Commission official or employee may, on occasion, attend voluntary standards meetings for the sole purpose of observation, with the advance approval of his or her supervisor and any other person designated by agency management procedures. Commission officials and employees shall notify the Voluntary Standard Coordinator, for information purposes, prior to observing a voluntary standards meeting.