16 CFR § 1608.1 - Terms defined.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1608.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1608.1 - Terms defined."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1608.1"
section_name: "Terms defined."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "FLAMMABLE FABRICS ACT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1608"
part_name: "GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE FLAMMABLE FABRICS ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 5, 67 Stat. 112, as amended, 81 Stat. 570, 15 U.S.C. 1194."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 59887, Dec. 30, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1608"
---


# 1608.1 Terms defined.

As used in the rules and regulations in this subchapter D, unless the context otherwise specifically requires:

(a) The term *act* means the Flammable Fabrics Act, sec. 1 *et seq.,* 67 Stat. 111-115, as amended, 68 Stat. 770, 81 Stat. 568-74 (15 U.S.C. 1191-1204, note under 1191).

(b) The terms *rule, rules, regulations,* and *rules and regulations,* mean the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission pursuant to section 5(c) of the act.

(c) The term *United States* means, the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Territories and Possessions of the United States.

(d) The terms *marketing or handling* means the transactions referred to in section 3 of the act.

(e) The definition of terms contained in section 2 of the act shall be applicable also to such terms when used in rules promulgated under the act.