29 CFR § 4000.12 - What definitions do I need to know for these rules?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s4000.12"
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title: "29 CFR § 4000.12 - What definitions do I need to know for these rules?"
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "4000.12"
section_name: "What definitions do I need to know for these rules?"
chapter_name: "PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "4000"
part_name: "FILING, ISSUANCE, COMPUTATION OF TIME, AND RECORD RETENTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 1083(k), 1302(b)(3)."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 61347, Oct. 28, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "4000"
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# 4000.12 What definitions do I need to know for these rules?

You need to know two definitions from § 4001.2 of this chapter: PBGC and person. You also need to know the following definitions:

*Filing* means any notice, information, or payment that you submit to us under our regulations.

*Issuance* means any notice or other information you provide to any person other than us under our regulations.

*We* means the PBGC.

*You* means the person providing the issuance to a third party.