Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/983

 PUBLIC LAW 94-163—DEC. 22, 1975

89 STAT. 923

(D) A prototype label and directions for displaying such label. (3) A rule under this section shall require that the label be displayed in a manner that the Commission determines is likely to assist consumers in making purchasing decisions and is appropriate to carry out this part. The Commission may permit a tag to be used in lieu of a label in any case in which the Commission finds that a tag will carry out the purposes for which the label was intended. (4) A rule under this section applicable to a covered product may require disclosure, in any printed matter displayed or distributed at the point of sale of such product, of any information which may be required under this section to be disclosed on the label of such product. Requirements under this paragraph shall not apply to any broadcast advertisement or any advertisement in any newspaper, magazine, or other periodical. (5) The Commission may require that a manufacturer of a covered product to which a rule under this section applies— (A) include on the label, (B) separately attach to the product, or (C) ship with the product, additional information relating to energy consumption, if the Commission determines that such additional information would assist consumers in making purchasing decisions or in using such product, and that such requirement would not be unduly burdensome to manufacturers. (6) The Commission may delay the effective date of the requirement specified in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection applicable to a type or class of covered product, insofar as it requires the disclosure on the label of information respecting range of a measure of energy consumption, for not more than 12 months after the date on which the rule under this section is first applicable to such type or class, if the Commission determines that such information will not be available within an adequate period of time before such date. (d) A rule under this section (or an amendment thereto) shall not apply to any covered product the manufacture of which was completed prior to the effective date of such rule or amendment, as the case may be. (e) The Administrator, in consultation with the Commission, shall study consumer products for which labeling rules under this section have not been proposed, in order to determine (1) the aggregate energy consumption of such products, and (2) whether the imposition of labeling requirements under this section would be feasible and useful to consumers in making purchasing decisions. The Administrator shall include the results of such study in the annual report under section 338. (f) The Administrator and the Commission shall consult with each Consultetiion. other on a continuing basis as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out their respective responsibilities under this part. Before the Commission makes any determination under subsection (a)(1) or (2), it shall obtain the views of the Administrator and shall take such views into account in making such determination. (g) Until such time as labeling rules under this section take effect with respect to a type or class of covered product, this section shall not affect any authority of the Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act to require labeling with respect to energy consumption of such type or class of covered product. ENERGY EFFICIENCY

STANDARDS

SEC. 325. (a)(1)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date of 42 USC 6295. enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, by rule, prescribe an

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