49 CFR § 593.3 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s593.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 593.3 - Applicability."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "593.3"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "593"
part_name: "DETERMINATIONS THAT A VEHICLE NOT ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED TO CONFORM TO THE FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS IS ELIGIBLE FOR IMPORTATION"
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. 322 and 30141(b); delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 40099, Sept. 29, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "593"
---


# 593.3 Applicability.

This part applies to a motor vehicle that was not originally manufactured and certified by its original manufacturer to conform with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards and that is offered for importation into the United States.