Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73
§2576 General
Title 19 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS) › Part Part E— - Standards and Measures Under the North American Free Trade Agreement › Subpart subpart 2— - standards-related measures › § 2576
Summary
Federal agencies may do standards work to protect people, animals, plants, the environment, or consumers, and they may set the level of protection they want. This part does not cover technical specifications an agency makes for its own production or use, or sanitary or phytosanitary measures under subpart 1.
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Title 19, §2576
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(a)Nothing in this subpart shall be construed—
(1)to prohibit a Federal agency from engaging in activity related to standards-related measures, including any such measure relating to safety, the protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers; or
(2)to limit the authority of a Federal agency to determine the level it considers appropriate of safety or of protection of human, animal, or plant life or health, the environment or consumers.
(b)This subpart does not apply to—
(1)technical specifications prepared by a Federal agency for production or consumption requirements of the agency; or
(2)sanitary or phytosanitary measures under subpart 1.
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19 U.S.C. § 2576
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73