49 CFR § 525.5 - Limitation on eligibility.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s525.5"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 525.5 - Limitation on eligibility."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "525.5"
section_name: "Limitation on eligibility."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "525"
part_name: "EXEMPTIONS FROM AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2002; 49 CFR 1.50."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 38376, July 28, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "525"
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# 525.5 Limitation on eligibility.

Any manufacturer that manufactures (whether or not in the customs territory of the United States) 10,000 or more passenger automobiles in the second model year preceding an affected model year or in the affected model year is ineligible for an exemption for that affected model year.