16 CFR § 1702.19 - Effect of filing petition.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1702.19"
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title: "16 CFR § 1702.19 - Effect of filing petition."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1702.19"
section_name: "Effect of filing petition."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "POISON PREVENTION PACKAGING ACT OF 1970 REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1702"
part_name: "PETITIONS FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM POISON PREVENTION PACKAGING ACT REQUIREMENTS; PETITION PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 1471(4), 1472, 1474, 1269(a), 2079(a); 21 U.S.C. 371(a)."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 13064, Feb. 28, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1702"
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# 1702.19 Effect of filing petition.

The filing of a petition for exemption under this part 1702 shall not have the effect of staying the regulation from which the exemption is sought. Therefore, substances subject to special packaging standards shall be considered in violation of the law unless packaged in special packaging during the Commission's consideration of a petition.