There are new rules for Registered Importers who import vehicles into the United States from Canada. The new rules were passed at the end of August and become effective on September 26, 2011.
We provide assistance in moving vehicles from CANADA into USA if you have any questions, please call us for details.
Jack Jackiewicz - JK AUTO
39 Hirons Street
Toronto , Ontario
tel: 1-905-510-4455
fax: 1-866-653-0838
email: jkauto@car4sale.ca
In 2010, 17,991 vehicles were imported through the Registered Importer program, up 67 per cent from the year before. The volume for the first half of 2011 went up even higher, to 10,597 units to the end of June 2011.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
49 CFR Parts 567, 591, 592, and 593
[Docket No. NHTSA 2009–0143; Notice 2]
RIN 2127–AK32
Certification; Importation of Vehicles
and Equipment Subject to Federal
Safety, Bumper, and Theft Prevention
Standards; Registered Importers of
Vehicles Not Originally Manufactured
To Conform to the Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards
AGENCY
:
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION
:
Final rule.
SUMMARY
:
This document amends
NHTSA’s regulations pertaining to
registered importers (‘‘RIs’’) of motor
vehicles not originally manufactured to
comply with all applicable Federal
motor vehicle safety. The agency is
amending RI application and renewal
requirements to enable the agency to
deny applications for registration from
entities that have been convicted of a
crime related to the importation,
purchase, or sale of a motor vehicle or
motor vehicle equipment and to revoke
existing registrations held by such
entities. Another amendment will
require an RI to certify that it destroyed
or exported nonconforming motor
vehicle equipment removed from a
vehicle during conformance
modifications. The agency is also
establishing new requirements for motor
vehicles imported under import
eligibility petitions, adopting a clearer
definition of the term ‘‘model year’’ for
import eligibility purposes, and
requiring that import eligibility
petitions include the type classification
and gross vehicle weight rating
(‘‘GVWR’’) of the subject vehicle. This
notice also adopts several amendments
to the RI regulations that add citations
to provisions that can be used as a basis
for the non-automatic suspension of an
RI registration, deletes redundant text
from another provision, and revises
several sections to include the agency’s
current mailing address.
DATES
:
The amendments established by
this final rule will become effective
September 26, 2011. Petitions for
reconsideration must be received by
NHTSA not later than October 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES
:
Petitions for reconsideration
of this final rule should refer to the
docket and notice numbers identified
above and should be submitted to:
Administrator, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building,
Washington, DC 20590. It is requested,
but not required, that 10 copies of the
petition be submitted. The petition must
be received not later than 45 days after
publication of this final rule in the
Federal Register
. Petitions filed after
that time will be considered petitions
filed by interested persons to initiate
rulemaking pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
Chapter 301.
The petition must contain a brief
statement of the complaint and an
explanation as to why compliance with
the final rule is not practicable, is
unreasonable, or is not in the public
interest. Unless otherwise specified in
the final rule, the statement and
explanation together may not exceed 15
pages in length, but necessary
attachments may be appended to the
submission without regard to the 15-
page limit. If it is requested that
additional facts be considered, the
petitioner must state the reason why
they were not presented to the
Administrator within the prescribed
time. The Administrator does not
consider repetitious petitions and
unless the Administrator otherwise
provides, the filing of a petition does
not stay the effectiveness of the final
rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
For
non-legal issues contact Clint Lindsay,
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance,
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590
(202–366–5288). For legal issues contact
Nicholas Englund, Office of Chief
Counsel, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590
(202–366–5263).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Table of Contents
I. Background of This Rulemaking Action
A. The 1968 Importation Regulations and
the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance
Act of 1988
B. Previous Regulatory Actions
1. The 2000 Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking
2. The 2004 Final Rule
C. The 2011 Proposal To Amend the RI
Regulations
II. Amendments to the RI Regulations
A. The Agency May Deny Registration to,
or Revoke Registrations Held by Entities
Convicted of Certain Crimes
B. Information Submitted in Annual RI
Registration Renewals Must Be True and
Correct
C. RIs Must Certify Destruction or
Exportation of Nonconforming Motor
Vehicle Equipment Removed From
Imported Vehicles During Conformance
Modifications
D. Establishing Procedures for Importation
of Motor Vehicles for the Purpose of
Preparing an Import Eligibility Petition
E. Adopting a Clearer Definition of the
Term ‘‘Model Year’’ for the Purpose of
Import Eligibility Decisions
F. Requiring Import Eligibility Petitions to
Identify the Type Classification and
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (‘‘GVWR’’)
of the Subject Vehicles
III. Technical Corrections
A. Identifying a Violation of Regulations in
Part 592 as a Basis for the Non-
Automatic Suspension or Revocation of
an RI Registration
B. Deletion of Redundant Text From 49
CFR 592.5(a) Identifying Contents of the
RI Application
C. Revisions to Certain Provisions To
Reflect the Agency’s Current Street
Address
IV. Effective Date
V. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices
Regulatory Text
I. Background of This Rulemaking
Action
A. The 1968 Importation Regulations
and the Imported Vehicle Safety
Compliance Act of 1988
The National Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 as amended
(‘‘the Safety Act’’), now codified at 49
U.S.C. chapter 301, requires imported
vehicles to meet Federal motor vehicle
safety standards (‘‘FMVSS’’). Effective
January 10, 1968, a regulation jointly
issued by NHTSA and the United States
Customs Service (‘‘Customs’’), 19 CFR
12.80, allowed permanent importation
of motor vehicles not originally
manufactured to meet applicable
FMVSS if, within 120 days from the
date of entry, the importer demonstrated
that the vehicle had been brought into
compliance with those standards.
The Imported Vehicle Safety
Compliance Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–
562, ‘‘the 1988 Act’’), which became
effective on January 31, 1990, limited
the importation of vehicles that did not
comply with the FMVSS to those
capable of being modified to comply. To
enhance oversight, the 1988 Act
required that necessary modifications be
performed by ‘‘registered importers’’
(‘‘RIs’’). RIs are business entities that
have demonstrated to NHTSA that they
are technically and financially capable
of importing nonconforming motor
vehicles and of performing the
necessary modifications on those
vehicles so that they conform to all
We provide assistance in moving vehicles from CANADA into USA if you have any questions, please call us for details.
Jack Jackiewicz - JK AUTO
39 Hirons Street
Toronto , Ontario
tel: 1-905-510-4455
fax: 1-866-653-0838
email: jkauto@car4sale.ca
In 2010, 17,991 vehicles were imported through the Registered Importer program, up 67 per cent from the year before. The volume for the first half of 2011 went up even higher, to 10,597 units to the end of June 2011.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
49 CFR Parts 567, 591, 592, and 593
[Docket No. NHTSA 2009–0143; Notice 2]
RIN 2127–AK32
Certification; Importation of Vehicles
and Equipment Subject to Federal
Safety, Bumper, and Theft Prevention
Standards; Registered Importers of
Vehicles Not Originally Manufactured
To Conform to the Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards
AGENCY
:
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION
:
Final rule.
SUMMARY
:
This document amends
NHTSA’s regulations pertaining to
registered importers (‘‘RIs’’) of motor
vehicles not originally manufactured to
comply with all applicable Federal
motor vehicle safety. The agency is
amending RI application and renewal
requirements to enable the agency to
deny applications for registration from
entities that have been convicted of a
crime related to the importation,
purchase, or sale of a motor vehicle or
motor vehicle equipment and to revoke
existing registrations held by such
entities. Another amendment will
require an RI to certify that it destroyed
or exported nonconforming motor
vehicle equipment removed from a
vehicle during conformance
modifications. The agency is also
establishing new requirements for motor
vehicles imported under import
eligibility petitions, adopting a clearer
definition of the term ‘‘model year’’ for
import eligibility purposes, and
requiring that import eligibility
petitions include the type classification
and gross vehicle weight rating
(‘‘GVWR’’) of the subject vehicle. This
notice also adopts several amendments
to the RI regulations that add citations
to provisions that can be used as a basis
for the non-automatic suspension of an
RI registration, deletes redundant text
from another provision, and revises
several sections to include the agency’s
current mailing address.
DATES
:
The amendments established by
this final rule will become effective
September 26, 2011. Petitions for
reconsideration must be received by
NHTSA not later than October 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES
:
Petitions for reconsideration
of this final rule should refer to the
docket and notice numbers identified
above and should be submitted to:
Administrator, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building,
Washington, DC 20590. It is requested,
but not required, that 10 copies of the
petition be submitted. The petition must
be received not later than 45 days after
publication of this final rule in the
Federal Register
. Petitions filed after
that time will be considered petitions
filed by interested persons to initiate
rulemaking pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
Chapter 301.
The petition must contain a brief
statement of the complaint and an
explanation as to why compliance with
the final rule is not practicable, is
unreasonable, or is not in the public
interest. Unless otherwise specified in
the final rule, the statement and
explanation together may not exceed 15
pages in length, but necessary
attachments may be appended to the
submission without regard to the 15-
page limit. If it is requested that
additional facts be considered, the
petitioner must state the reason why
they were not presented to the
Administrator within the prescribed
time. The Administrator does not
consider repetitious petitions and
unless the Administrator otherwise
provides, the filing of a petition does
not stay the effectiveness of the final
rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
For
non-legal issues contact Clint Lindsay,
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance,
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590
(202–366–5288). For legal issues contact
Nicholas Englund, Office of Chief
Counsel, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590
(202–366–5263).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Table of Contents
I. Background of This Rulemaking Action
A. The 1968 Importation Regulations and
the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance
Act of 1988
B. Previous Regulatory Actions
1. The 2000 Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking
2. The 2004 Final Rule
C. The 2011 Proposal To Amend the RI
Regulations
II. Amendments to the RI Regulations
A. The Agency May Deny Registration to,
or Revoke Registrations Held by Entities
Convicted of Certain Crimes
B. Information Submitted in Annual RI
Registration Renewals Must Be True and
Correct
C. RIs Must Certify Destruction or
Exportation of Nonconforming Motor
Vehicle Equipment Removed From
Imported Vehicles During Conformance
Modifications
D. Establishing Procedures for Importation
of Motor Vehicles for the Purpose of
Preparing an Import Eligibility Petition
E. Adopting a Clearer Definition of the
Term ‘‘Model Year’’ for the Purpose of
Import Eligibility Decisions
F. Requiring Import Eligibility Petitions to
Identify the Type Classification and
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (‘‘GVWR’’)
of the Subject Vehicles
III. Technical Corrections
A. Identifying a Violation of Regulations in
Part 592 as a Basis for the Non-
Automatic Suspension or Revocation of
an RI Registration
B. Deletion of Redundant Text From 49
CFR 592.5(a) Identifying Contents of the
RI Application
C. Revisions to Certain Provisions To
Reflect the Agency’s Current Street
Address
IV. Effective Date
V. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices
Regulatory Text
I. Background of This Rulemaking
Action
A. The 1968 Importation Regulations
and the Imported Vehicle Safety
Compliance Act of 1988
The National Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 as amended
(‘‘the Safety Act’’), now codified at 49
U.S.C. chapter 301, requires imported
vehicles to meet Federal motor vehicle
safety standards (‘‘FMVSS’’). Effective
January 10, 1968, a regulation jointly
issued by NHTSA and the United States
Customs Service (‘‘Customs’’), 19 CFR
12.80, allowed permanent importation
of motor vehicles not originally
manufactured to meet applicable
FMVSS if, within 120 days from the
date of entry, the importer demonstrated
that the vehicle had been brought into
compliance with those standards.
The Imported Vehicle Safety
Compliance Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–
562, ‘‘the 1988 Act’’), which became
effective on January 31, 1990, limited
the importation of vehicles that did not
comply with the FMVSS to those
capable of being modified to comply. To
enhance oversight, the 1988 Act
required that necessary modifications be
performed by ‘‘registered importers’’
(‘‘RIs’’). RIs are business entities that
have demonstrated to NHTSA that they
are technically and financially capable
of importing nonconforming motor
vehicles and of performing the
necessary modifications on those
vehicles so that they conform to all
