Transport i bezpieczeństwo · 19.09.2000

Schedule of Fees Authorized by 49 U.S.C. 30141

This document adopts fees for Fiscal Year 2001 and until further notice, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 30141, relating to the registration of importers and the importation of motor vehicles not certified as conforming to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS). We are increasing the fee for the registration of a new importer from $491 to $584, and the annual fee authorized by statute from $350 to $416. These fees include the costs of maintaining the registered importer (RI) program. The fee required to reimburse the U.S. Customs Service for conformance bond processing costs will increase from $5.40 to $5.75 per bond. The fee payable for a petition seeking a determination that a nonconforming vehicle is capable of conversion to meet the FMVSS will be reduced from $199 to $175 if the nonconforming vehicle is substantially similar to conforming vehicles. With respect to vehicles that have no substantially similar counterpart, the petition fee increases from $721 to $800. In addition, the fee payable by the importer of each "substantially similar" vehicle that benefits from an eligibility determination will be reduced to $105 but remain at $125 for vehicles not "substantially s