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Interpretation ID: nht71-4.21

DATE: 10/15/71

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Lawrence R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Dow Chemical Europe, S.A.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of September 24 to Francis Amstrong regarding the effective date of the new Federal motor vehicle brake fluid standard, No. 116.

The effective date of March 1, 1972, means that any vehicle manufactured on or after that date for sale in the United States must be equipped with brake fluid meeting Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 116.