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Interpretation ID: nht71-4.13

DATE: 09/18/71

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; L. R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Meiji Rubber & Chemical Company, Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: RE: HYDRAULIC BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLIES

This is in reply to your letter of September 3 asking questions about compliance of hydraulic brake hose assemblies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 106.

With respect to your first two questions, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does not require that you demonstrate compliance with Standard No. 106 prior to supplying Japanese car manufacturers with brake hose assemblies to be installed on cars intended for export to the United States. If the Japanese vehicle manufacturers request proof of compliance from you (apparently in the form of a certification from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania based upon test reports from only one of two test laboratories) such a request is solely a business matter between you and the vehicle manufacturer.

Your third question points out that proposed Standard No. 106 (Docket No. 1-5, Notice 7) would eliminate the specification of braid material for hydraulic brake hoses and asks whether you may implement this "revision" at the present time. Notice 7 is a proposal only, and the current requirements specifying braid material remain in effect until a formal amendment of Standard No. 106 occurs. The brake hose manufacturer's code number, the subject of your fourth question, is also a proposal which may or may not be adopted in the final rule.