Interpretation ID: nht71-2.20

DATE: 03/24/71

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Francis Armstrong; NHTSA

TO: AGIP USA Inc.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This office is in receipt of your letter of February 25, 1971, requesting concurrence with your proposed letter to an automobile manufacturer who wishes to import vehicles into the United States using your brake fluid.

Your proposed letter appears to adequately state the responsibility of the vehicle manufacturer, and as your letter indicates, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn't require that certification tests be conducted at Government approved laboratories. However, if your company plans to import brake fluid into the United States as an item of motor vehicle equipment rather than a part of a vehicle, proof of certification must be supplied by AGIP upon our request.

We trust this will answer your questions.