15 U.S.C. § 1202 : US Code - Section 1202: Exemptions

Search 15 U.S.C. § 1202 : US Code - Section 1202: Exemptions

(a) Exports; risk of injury to residents of United States
This chapter shall not apply to any fabric, related material, or
product which is to be exported from the United States, if such
fabric, related material, or product, and any container in which it
is enclosed, bears a stamp or label stating that such fabric,
related material, or product is intended for export and such
fabric, related material, or product is in fact exported from the
United States; unless the Consumer Product Safety Commission
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Commission")
determines that exportation of such fabric, related material, or
product presents an unreasonable risk of injury to persons residing
within the United States; except that this chapter shall apply to
any fabric, related material, or product manufactured for sale,
offered for sale, or intended for shipment to any installation of
the United States located outside of the United States.
(b) Imports intended for export; risk of injury to residents of
United States
This chapter shall not apply to any fabric, related material, or
product which is imported into the United States for dyeing,
finishing, other processing, or storage in bond, and export from
the United States, if such fabric, related material, or product,
and any container in which it is enclosed, bears a stamp or label
stating that such fabric, related material, or product is intended
for export, and such fabric, related material, or product is in
fact exported from the United States, unless the Commission
determines that exportation of such fabric, related material, or
product presents an unreasonable risk of injury to persons residing
within the United States; except that this chapter shall apply to
any such imported fabric, related material, or product manufactured
for sale, offered for sale, or intended for shipment to any
installation of the United States located outside of the United
States.
(c) Statement of exportation: filing period, information;
notification of foreign country; petition for minimum filing
period; good cause
Not less than thirty days before any person exports to a foreign
country any fabric, related material, or product that fails to
conform to an applicable flammability standard or regulation in
effect under this chapter, such person shall file a statement with
the Commission notifying the Commission of such exportation, and
the Commission, upon receipt of such statement, shall promptly
notify the government of such country of such exportation and of
the basis for such flammability standard or regulation. Any
statement filed with the Commission under the preceding sentence
shall specify the anticipated date of shipment of such fabric,
related material, or product, the country and port of destination
of such fabric, related material, or product, and the quantity of
such fabric, related material, or product that will be exported,
and shall contain such other information as the Commission may by
regulation require. Upon petition filed with the Commission by any
person required to file a statement under this subsection
respecting an exportation, the Commission may, for good cause
shown, exempt such person from the requirement of this subsection
that such a statement be filed no less than thirty days before the
date of the exportation, except that in no case shall the
Commission permit such a statement to be filed later than the tenth
day before such date.