29 CFR § 4041A.1 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s4041A.1"
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title: "29 CFR § 4041A.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "4041A.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PLAN TERMINATIONS"
part_number: "4041A"
part_name: "TERMINATION OF MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 1302(b)(3), 1341a, 1431, 1441."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 34052, July 1, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "4041A"
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# 4041A.1 Purpose and scope.

The purpose of this part is to establish rules for notifying the PBGC of the termination of a multiemployer plan and rules for the administration of multiemployer plans that have terminated by mass withdrawal. Subpart B prescribes the contents of and procedures for filing a Notice of Termination for a multiemployer plan. Subpart C prescribes basic duties of plan sponsors of mass-withdrawal-terminated plans. (Other duties are prescribed in part 4281 of this chapter.) Subpart D contains procedures for closing out sufficient plans. This part applies to terminated multiemployer plans covered by title IV of ERISA but, in the case of subparts C and D, only to plans terminated by mass withdrawal under section 4041A(a)(2) of ERISA (including plans created by partition pursuant to section 4233 of ERISA).