49 CFR § 107.401 - Purpose and scope.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s107.401"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 107.401 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "107.401"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND OIL TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "107"
part_name: "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 5101-5128, 44701; Pub. L. 101-410 Section 4; Pub. L. 104-121 Sections 212-213; Pub. L. 104-134 Section 31001; Pub. L. 114-74 Section 701 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97; 33 U.S.C. 1321."
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# 107.401 Purpose and scope.
(a) This subpart establishes procedures for the designation of agencies to issue certificates and certifications for types of packagings designed, manufactured, tested, or maintained in conformance with the requirements of this subchapter, subchapter C of this chapter, and standards set forth in the United Nations (U.N.) Recommendations (Transport of Dangerous Goods), and for lighters, portable tanks, multi-element gas containers, and Division 1.4G consumer fireworks in conformance with the requirements of this subchapter. Except for certifications of compliance with U.N. packaging standards, this subpart does not apply unless made applicable by a rule in subchapter C of this chapter.
(b) The Associate Administrator may issue approval certificates and certifications addressed in paragraph (a) of this section.
[78 FR 42473, July 16, 2013]